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Papa John&rsquo;s has offered delivery since its founding, yet the brand recently announced that it will nevertheless be expanding a 2018 partnership with third-party delivery service, DoorDash, according to an article on <a href="https://table.skift.com/2019/02/28/papa-johns-is-expanding-its-doordash-partnership/?utm_source=1851franchise.com&utm_medium=article&utm_campaign=papa-johns-hopes-an-expanded-doordash-partnership-will-remedy-its-sales-slump-2709308" target="_blank" rel="nofollow" style="text-decoration-line:none" target="_blank">Skift Table</a>. 

From a foodservice industry perspective, the demand for third-party delivery has certainly arrived: &ldquo;With Taco Bell, McDonald&rsquo;s Corp., Chipotle Mexican Grill Inc. and others doubling down on delivery, pizza chains are starting to feel the heat,&rdquo; the article said. Papa John&rsquo;s is facing the need to adapt amid significant trials: &ldquo;the chain reported declining revenue and an 8.1 percent drop in North America comparable sales for its latest quarter amid bad public relations stemming from founder John Schnatter&rsquo;s use of a racial slur last year and his lingering dispute with management. The results show that rivals may be eating into sales,&rdquo; according to the article.

Numerous pizza chains are making significant changes and expanding delivery offerings, &nbsp;meaning times are changing for the pizza segment: &ldquo;The competitors of the pizza chains were previously other pizza chains,&rdquo; said KPMG managing director Andrew Nola, according to the article. Case in point: <a href="https://www.reuters.com/article/us-fedex-autonomous/fedex-partners-with-walmart-pizza-hut-to-test-last-mile-delivery-robot-idUSKCN1QG1M7?utm_source=1851franchise.com&utm_medium=article&utm_campaign=papa-johns-hopes-an-expanded-doordash-partnership-will-remedy-its-sales-slump-2709308" target="_blank" rel="nofollow" style="text-decoration-line:none" target="_blank">a Pizza Hut delivery robot is purportedly on the way</a>.

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