Papa John's to Teach Employees How Not to Act Like Papa John

The pizza chain is requiring employees to attend diversity training.

Papa John’s, the pizza chain that’s been bleeding money since its founder, John Schnatter, blamed protesting NFL players for the company’s poor earnings last year, is trying to repair its image by requiring that its employees attend diversity training.

The company stated its intentions in an open letter from CEO Steve Ritchie to staff, franchisees, and customers, according to the Wall Street Journal. “When I became CEO in January, diversity, equity, and inclusion became one of my top priorities,” Ritchie wrote, also claiming that Papa John’s believes in “equity, fairness, respect, and opportunity.”

If this sounds familiar, it’s because it’s almost exactly what Starbucks did earlier this year. The coffee company announced all of its staffers would receive mandatory racial bias training after two black customers were mistakenly arrested at a Philadelphia location after a store manager, under the mistaken belief they were loitering, called the police. That incident spurred a nationwide outcry about race relations in the U.S., with some calling for a Starbucks boycott.

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