Papa John's . . . "Better Ingredients...Better Pizza".
We know enough not to believe all tag lines. They stuck their pizza peel---and their neck---way out on this one.
Ordered "The Works". I'd call the one we got "The Worst". Crust, sauce, cheese, and the few very small pieces of Italian sausage were just okay, but nothing else on it tasted fresh or flavorful. Dry, paper-thin pepperoni (maybe just 10-12 on the entire large pizza), black olives (too intense---not a good pizza addition), minimal sprinkling of Canadian Bacon that didn't taste at all like Canadian Bacon but something totally unrecognizable, a dash here and there of very small pieces---in very meager amounts---of onion, green pepper, and mushrooms.
Never had a deluxe style pizza with so few toppings. No more than "after-thoughts". In quantity, maybe less than a half cup total and nearly as flat as a pancake. A joke.
Papa John's has to find some way to pay for those expensive TV commercials, so
short-changing on toppings might be the direction some franchise owners are being forced to take. They're at the mercy of corporate---and those contracts they signed---so must contribute to advertising costs even if not too keen on it. I'd be pretty scared right now, if I had one.