Papa John's surpasses $1 billion in online pizza sales

“I knew it would be a big part of our business, but this has blown my expectations away, and I think it's even going to go higher”

Sometimes during peak hours, the phones are silent in Andy Freitas' pizza restaurants, yet the cooks are busy keeping pace with hungry customers.

That's because orders are rolling in through the Internet.

'It's pretty amazing not to hear a phone ring on a busy night,' said Freitas, an operating partner with the largest Papa John's franchisee in the Washington, D.C., market.

In the past seven years, Louisville-based Papa John's International Inc. has made a lot of dough from online ordering _ more than $1 billion to be exact. Read more