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Pizza Hut
Pizza Hut is an American restaurant chain and international franchise
founded in 1958 by Dan and Frank Carney. The company is known for its
Pizza Hut
Italian-American cuisine menu including pizza and pasta, as well as side
dishes and desserts. Pizza Hut has 16,796 restaurants worldwide as of
March 2018,[2] making it the world's largest pizza chain in terms of
locations. It is a subsidiary of Yum! Brands, Inc., one of the world's
largest restaurant companies.[3]

Contents
History
Concept
"No One Outpizzas the Hut"
China Type Wholly owned
Products subsidiary

Advertising Industry Restaurants

United States Founded June 15, 1958
United Kingdom Wichita, Kansas,
Russia U.S.
Pasta Hut
Founders Dan Carney
Sponsorships
Frank Carney
Book It!
Headquarters 7100 Corporate Dr,
Criticism
Plano, Texas[1]
See also
Number of 13,728 worldwide
References locations (excluding locations
Further reading in China, operated
External links by Yum! China, and
India, operated by
Yum! India) (as of
History 2015)

Products Italian-American
Pizza Hut was founded in June 1958 by two Wichita State University cuisine
students, brothers Dan and Frank Carney, as a single location in Wichita, pizza · pasta
Kansas.[4] PepsiCo acquired Pizza Hut in November 1977.[5][6]
Parent Yum! Brands
Before closing in 2015, the oldest continuously operating Pizza Hut was in worldwide outside
of China
Manhattan, Kansas, in a shopping and tavern district known as Aggieville
near Kansas State University. The first Pizza Hut restaurant east of the Yum China within
China
Mississippi River opened in Athens, Ohio in 1966 by Lawrence Berberick
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Pizza Hut's international
presence includes Canada and Mexico in North America, India (not in the
Pizza Hut division, but in the Yum! India division),[7][8] Bangladesh,[9][10]
Pakistan, Australia, New Zealand, United Kingdom, Sweden, Norway,
Finland, Germany, Spain, Turkey, South Africa, Honduras, Costa Rica, El
Salvador, Guatemala, Colombia, Venezuela, Chile, Brazil, Peru,
Ecuador,[11] and Nicaragua, and its Asian presence includes Japan, Saudi
The first Pizza Hut (pictured) opened Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, Qatar, the Philippines, Vietnam,
on June 15, 1958, in Wichita, Thailand, Malaysia, Singapore, Indonesia, Brunei Darussalam, China
Kansas.
(now part of Yum! spinoff Yum China), Hong Kong, South Korea,
Myanmar, and Macau. Pizza Hut was one of the first American franchises
to open in Iraq.[12]

The company announced a rebrand that began on November 19, 2014. The rebrand was an effort to increase sales,
which dropped in the previous two years. The menu was expanded to introduce various items such as crust flavors and
eleven new specialty pizzas. Work uniforms for employees were also refreshed.[13] In 2017, Pizza Hut was listed by
UK-based company Richtopia at number 24 in the list of 200 Most Influential Brands in the World.[14][15]

Concept
Pizza Hut is split into several different restaurant formats: the original
family-style dine-in locations; storefront delivery and carry-out locations;
and hybrid locations that have carry-out, delivery, and dine-in options.
Some full-size Pizza Hut locations have a lunch buffet, with "all-you-can-
eat" pizza, salad, bread sticks, and a pasta bar. Pizza Hut has other
business concepts independent of the store type; Pizza Hut "Bistro"
locations are "Red Roofs" which have an expanded menu and slightly
more upscale options.

An upscale concept was unveiled in 2004, called "Pizza Hut Italian Distinctive roof and older white sign
Bistro". At 50 U.S. locations, the Bistro is similar to a traditional Pizza used before 1999, typical of U.S.
Pizza Hut restaurants. A 2009 photo
Hut, except the menu features new, Italian-themed dishes such as penne
of the now-closed location in Athens,
pasta, chicken pomodoro, and toasted sandwiches.[16] Instead of black,
Ohio.
white, and red, Bistro locations feature a burgundy and tan motif.[17]
Pizza Hut Bistros still serve the chain's traditional pizzas and sides. In
some cases, Pizza Hut has replaced a "Red Roof" location with the new
concept. "Pizza Hut Express" and "The Hut" locations are fast food
restaurants. They offer a limited menu with many products not seen at a
Pizza Hut EXPRESS signage and
traditional Pizza Hut. These types of stores are often paired in a colocated logo
location with WingStreet, in USA and Canada, or other sibling brands
such as KFC or Taco Bell, and found on college campuses, food courts,
theme parks, bowling alleys, and within stores such as Target.

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