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Todd Penegor says inconsistency is hurting the brand. His fix includes new field teams and $5 million in incentives for franchisees. By Jon Small | edited by Dan Bova | Aug 17, 2026 Opinions expressed by Entrepreneur contributors are their own. Papa Johns has a consistency problem, and its CEO isn’t hiding from it. On the company’s second-quarter earnings call, Todd Penegor said inconsistency across its restaurants is the chain’s “Achilles heel,” and that it’s hurting brand perception nationwide, according to Restaurant Business. Right now, the best-performing Papa Johns locations are outselling the worst ones by a wide margin. To…
Published August 17, 2026 03:00AMThis article has been medically reviewed by Kelly Jones, a board-certified specialist in sports dietetics. For years, ultra-processed foods have been enemy number one in the fitness and nutrition worlds. “Typical ultra-processed food items such as sugar-sweetened beverages, candies, and processed meats are known to inflict adverse health outcomes,” Xiaowen Wang, PhD, told Outside. Wang is a nutrition researcher at the Harvard T. H. Chan School of Public Health in Boston, Massachusetts. That “explains the highly consistent findings linking total ultra-processed food intake to higher risk of developing chronic disease, such as cardiovascular disease, diabetes, certain cancers,…
Published August 17, 2026 03:49AMHad you braved the bumper-to-bumper traffic on any one of the four bridges leading to Ocean City, an island-town on New Jersey’s coast with eight miles of sandy beach, muscled your way through a phalanx of umbrellas, bikinis, and bros to claim your spot by the Atlantic, and spread out your towels and blankets for a day in the sun, you’d be forgiven for thinking the hard work was over. But then, in all likelihood, you’d look up and notice the seagulls. Legions of them. Flocking together in formations so thick they’d block out the clouds.This,…
Published August 16, 2026 03:39AMIt’s 7 A.M. on a Tuesday, and I’m biking into town to drop off my primary ballot, not because I necessarily want to, but because I don’t have a car. Not today, at least. I’ll stop by the community garden to check on my tomatoes on the way, and maybe I’ll grab a coffee. I dodge sprinklers and grind uphill, which I’m not particularly good at. I’m on the only bike I own, my mountain bike. Tomorrow, my husband will take his turn biking, riding 14 miles to work, navigating rec paths and bike lanes and…
Opinions expressed by Entrepreneur contributors are their own. Key Takeaways Real estate is still one of the last fully bundled services left in a major industry, but the NAR settlement this spring is changing that, whether anyone intended that or not. The industry keeps fighting over whether agents will survive technology, but that’s the wrong question to ask. The real question is what level of service each consumer needs for their specific deal. For about two decades, the real estate industry has talked about itself like it’s in the middle of a war. Agents vs. technology. Full commission vs. flat…
Forget the grill grates—drop your rib eye straight on the coals and discover why Eisenhower swore by this primal method. (Photo: Kyle Johnson)Published August 15, 2026 03:12AMCooking outdoors means cooking with fire, but the practice is largely predicated on protecting your food from the flames. What if I told you that you can just toss a steak directly on the hot coals, and that it might be the tastiest, juiciest one you’ve ever made? No less a luminary than President Dwight D. Eisenhower swore by this method, which he used to delight dinner guests at the White House, and he…
The latest Long Read on the Outside Podcast takes listeners inside the obsessive world of Budimir Šobat, the Serbian diver who held his breath longer than anyone in history. Published August 15, 2026 03:34AMEarlier this year, writer Sean Williams profiled Budimir Sobat, a freediver from Croatia with a superpower straight out of the X-Men movies. Sobat, 60, can calm his body and mind to a state that resembles death—his body systems slow and use barely any oxygen. This state allows Sobat to hold his breath for almost a quarter of an hour. Sobat has spent years perfecting his craft; nothing…
Opinions expressed by Entrepreneur contributors are their own. Netflix said “game over” to two gaming studios this week, shutting down Night School Studio, the developer behind horror game “Unhinged,” and Moonloot, a Helsinki-based studio, according to Variety. Night School released “Unhinged,” backed by David Fincher and Zach Cregger, less than two months ago. “We are incredibly grateful to the talented colleagues we’re saying goodbye to today,” a Netflix spokesperson said. “We thank them for all their contributions to Netflix, and wish them the best.” Netflix hasn’t given a specific reason for the closures, but the company has steadily shrunk its…
Key Takeaways The 2023 Barbie movie grossed $1.4 billion worldwide at the box office, breaking records. New details have emerged about star Margot Robbie’s payday for playing Barbie in the film. Talks for a sequel have reportedly stalled because the core Barbie team has not been able to agree with Warner Bros. on pay. The 2023 Barbie movie grossed $1.4 billion worldwide at the box office, making it the highest-grossing film in Warner Bros. history. Now new details have emerged about Margot Robbie’s payday as the movie’s titular character. According to Variety, Robbie reportedly made a staggering $50 million from…
Opinions expressed by Entrepreneur contributors are their own. Key Takeaways One of the most effective communication methods is the mirror method, focused on reverse communication. When you apply the reverse communication method, your immediate goal is to get staff in a psychologically safe state, where they’re the most receptive to take instructions and to execute. When your staff feels heard and seen, the environment shifts. Structure appears as safety, and safety boosts motivation. The performance follows. The right message and the wrong method lead nowhere: The problem isn’t what you said. The problem begins before you even open your mouth.…