March 23, 2020

Mr. Blaise Rhodes

Mr. Rufus Decker

Division of Corporate Finance

Office of Transportation and Leisure

U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission

100 F Street, N.E.

Washington, D.C. 20549

Dear Messrs. Rhodes and Decker:

Papa John’s International, Inc. (the “Company”) received a comment letter from the U.S Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) dated March 16, 2020 in regard to the above referenced filing. The Company contacted the SEC staff to request an extension of time to respond beyond the period indicated in the letter, and was granted an extension to respond no later than April 13, 2020.

Please direct any comments or questions to me at (502) 261-4759.

Sincerely,

Papa John’s International, Inc.

/s/ Steve Coke