ARLINGTON (WBAP/KLIF) – The Texas Rangers are re-establishing a relationship with Papa John’s just weeks after the team cut ties with the pizza chain following a racist comment made by the company’s founder.
The team is bringing back its half price pizza promotion which gives fans a discount at Papa John’s the day after the Rangers score seven runs or more in a game.
The team released the following statement:
“Papa John’s has taken a number of meaningful steps to address the reprehensible language used by John Schnatter. Most importantly, the company has removed Schnatter from any role with Papa John’s. The company has acknowledged the hurt that was caused and accepted responsibility for doing whatever is necessary to regain the trust of its customers, partners and employees. Papa John’s has promised transparency in this effort, including hiring outside experts to conduct an audit of the company’s culture and diversity and inclusion practices.
Our experience with Papa John’s over the past seven years includes its $150,000 commitment to the Texas Rangers MLB Youth Academy in West Dallas to provide opportunity for boys and girls. Based on our experience with Papa John’s, we believe this incident is not reflective of the company’s values or the values of its 2,200 supervisors, managers, team members, delivery drivers, pizza-makers and franchise owners here in North Texas. For these reasons we are reinstating our partnership with Papa John’s beginning with Thursday’s game.”
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