Yum! Brands, the company behind KFC, Taco Bell and Pizza Hut, is weighing the possibility of selling Pizza Hut as the chain continues to face declining sales and mounting competition in the fast-food pizza market. The move follows several quarters of falling same-store sales in the United States, which accounts for about 42% of Pizza…
Pizza Hut, once a family favourite for its all-you-can-eat buffet, salad bar, and self-serve ice cream, is closing nearly half of its UK restaurants as customer interest wanes. The move follows the chain’s second rescue from administration this year, reducing its restaurant count from 132 to just 64. For many Britons, Pizza Hut was once…
Pizza Hut is set to close 68 restaurants and 11 delivery sites across the UK, resulting in the loss of 1,210 jobs, after the company managing its UK operations fell into administration. DC London Pie Limited, the firm that owns and operates Pizza Hut’s UK restaurants, appointed FTI Consulting as administrators on Monday. The move…
Pizza Hut is banking on a new budget-friendly menu item to revive its struggling U.S. business. The chain on Wednesday introduced Crafted Flatzz, a thinner, crispier spin on its Personal Pan Pizza, priced at $5 for a single serving. The offer, available for a limited time until 5 p.m., is aimed squarely at lunch customers…
Pizza Hut is reinventing the traditional pizza restaurant with a new design concept aimed at keeping up with evolving customer expectations and intensifying competition. The chain, which has struggled with sluggish sales in recent years, unveiled its latest redesign at a location in Plano, Texas, showcasing several modern updates that could become standard at its…
The operator of Pizza Hut’s dine-in restaurants across the UK, Heart With Smart (HWS), is looking to raise over £10 million to counter the financial strain caused by recent tax increases announced in last month’s Budget. The funds may come from a partial sale of the business or new investments from existing shareholders. The move…
Authorities in Wisconsin have charged a Pizza Hut employee with the homicide of his manager, allegedly motivated by a $7,000 inheritance cheque the victim had recently cashed. Kavonn Ingram, 31, is accused of the February 5th killing of 55-year-old Alex Stengel, whose body was discovered in a dumpster outside the Pizza Hut restaurant in South…
American company Pizza Hut in Hong Kong has launched a novel and unconventional pizza that includes a distinctive ingredient – snake meat – bringing a modern twist to traditional flavors and local culinary customs. The pizza, a collaborative creation between Pizza Hut and Ser Wong Fun, a long-established Hong Kong restaurant dating back to 1895,…
Pizza Hut announced that it served its signature dish to select customers in the New York City subways as a promotion for the upcoming film “Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem.” The underground deliveries, available for a limited time, aimed to celebrate the Turtles’ love for pizza and pay homage to their origins while adding…
