LeBron Fans To Munch On 23-Cent Pizzas
CLEVELAND — Papa John’s said there has been a “terrific response” to Thursday’s offer of 23-cent pizzas at northeast Ohio stores.
People have been waiting in line for several hours at area Papa John’s locations to buy a large pizza for 23 cents.
The deal comes after a Washington-area Papa John’s pizza shop made and distributed “CRYBABY” T-shirts with the No. 23 to criticize Cleveland Cavaliers LeBron James during the Cleveland-Washington series.
The promotion is part of an apology to Cleveland Cavaliers fans.
A Papa John’s representative said they are expecting their pizza supplies at area stores to last through dinner Thursday night. Stores will likely close at different times, depending on how long supplies last.
In a statement issued earlier on Thursday, Papa John’s said, “Even though we prepared our stores to make more than 75,000 pizzas today, this great response may mean we’ll run out of product and if we do our restaurants will close for the balance of the day. If we do run through the supply, by then we will all have helped raise a lot of money for the LeBron James Family Foundation.”
In addition, the statement said, “If you are calling our restaurants and receiving a busy signal or no answer, we apologize and appreciate your patience. The call volume is tremendous.”
In Akron, one location is cutting off the line and giving rainchecks to remaining customers. Those rainchecks will be valid for a 23-cent pizza for one week.
In Euclid, Papa John’s management said they have sold 1,200 pizzas so far on Thursday, which is as many as they usually sell in three days.
Some customers are waiting as long as 2 ½ hours for the cheap pizza. At the University Heights Papa John’s, the wait is up to five hours.
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on 09 May 2008 at 4:03 am # Alban
“The singer had been considered to be in the vanguard of efforts by some artists to cut record labels out of the equation”well, this lawsuit against his fans is just a continuation of prince’s innovative approach. he don’t need no stinkin’ RIAA!
on 09 May 2008 at 4:53 am # Meadow
RIAA law suit pending. . .
on 09 May 2008 at 5:44 am # Fran
a) Is Papa John’s local to the Washington area?b) Why do they need to apologize?Sounds like a publicity stunt to me.
on 09 May 2008 at 6:34 am # Lisha
Shakira sells her bra for charity.. hihhi..
on 09 May 2008 at 7:25 am # Deziree
Weird story.
on 09 May 2008 at 8:15 am # Marius
So first, they’ll enter the age of downloadable music. All these songs just drifting about! Surely no one will mind if they make a few copies for their friends. After all, this particular conglomeration of sounds happens to be pretty neat. Then occasionally, the assembly of sounds will be marred by some overtone voice booming THIS MUSIC HAS BEEN PIRATED. Then, they’ll incinerate our planet for insolence when the RIAA sends them a check for 10 billion in damages because they just now realize that they should have been charging them out the ass all along for the use of those noises.
on 09 May 2008 at 9:06 am # Narcissa
I don’t care if anyone there is a pussy or not, I’m getting everyone I know to buy pizzas on Thursday, we’ll eat like kings for a month!
on 09 May 2008 at 9:57 am # Elmira
That’s what you get if your a fan of prince lol.
on 09 May 2008 at 10:47 am # Tyler
born and brought up in Cleveland, cool quiet just like my daddy, when I wuz thuggin out in the alley, with my boys in a stolen Caddie