Papa Johns First to Launch Google Cloud AI Ordering System for Enhanced Customer Experience
Written by Emily J. Thompson, Senior Investment Analyst
Updated: 4h ago
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- Digital Transformation: At NRF 2026, Papa Johns announced a partnership with Google Cloud, becoming the first restaurant brand to implement the Food Ordering agent, aimed at enhancing the ordering experience for over 150 million customers globally, significantly improving customer satisfaction and brand loyalty.
- Sales Growth: The newly introduced 'Intelligent Deal Wizard' feature automatically applies the best value combinations, reducing cart abandonment rates and accelerating the checkout process, thereby boosting sales and enhancing customer loyalty to the brand.
- Complex Order Automation: With the 'Advanced Voice & Group Ordering' feature, Papa Johns can accurately handle complicated multi-person orders, ensuring order accuracy while capturing potential revenue and reducing reliance on human intervention.
- Seamless Reordering: The system identifies loyal customers and proactively asks if they want to reorder their recent orders, enhancing user experience by making the flow from app opening to checkout faster and more convenient, further increasing customer retention.
Analyst Views on PZZA
Wall Street analysts forecast PZZA stock price to rise over the next 12 months. According to Wall Street analysts, the average 1-year price target for PZZA is 49.83 USD with a low forecast of 42.00 USD and a high forecast of 60.00 USD. However, analyst price targets are subjective and often lag stock prices, so investors should focus on the objective reasons behind analyst rating changes, which better reflect the company's fundamentals.
8 Analyst Rating
3 Buy
5 Hold
0 Sell
Moderate Buy
Current: 37.780
Low
42.00
Averages
49.83
High
60.00
Current: 37.780
Low
42.00
Averages
49.83
High
60.00
About PZZA
Papa John’s International, Inc. operates and franchises pizza delivery and carryout restaurants and, in certain international markets, dine-in and delivery restaurants under the trademark Papa Johns. The Company operates through four segments. Its Domestic Company-owned restaurant segment consists of the operations of all domestic Company-owned restaurants; the North America commissaries segment comprises approximately 11 full-service regional dough production and distribution quality control centers in the United States; the North America franchising segment consists of franchise sales and support activities, and International operations segment principally consists of distribution sales to franchised Papa John’s restaurants located in the United Kingdom and its franchise sales and support activities. The Company operates approximately 6,030 Papa John’s restaurants in operation, consisting of 552 Company-owned and 5,478 franchised restaurants operating in 51 countries and territories.
About the author

Emily J. Thompson
Emily J. Thompson, a Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA) with 12 years in investment research, graduated with honors from the Wharton School. Specializing in industrial and technology stocks, she provides in-depth analysis for Intellectia’s earnings and market brief reports.





