What is “Pizza Hut”?
A: Pizza Hut is an American multinational restaurant chain and international
franchise.
They serve their signature pan pizza and other dishes
including what?
A: Pasta, breadsticks and dessert at dine-in, take-out and delivery chain
locations.
They also serve chicken wings on their what?
A: WingStreet menu.
Where is the chain headquartered?
A: In Plano, Texas.
How many restaurants does it operate worldwide as of
2020?
A: 17,639 restaurants.
It’s the world's largest pizza chain by what?
A: Number of locations.
It is owned by whom?
A: Yum! Brands, Inc., one of the world's largest restaurant companies.
When was Pizza Hut founded?
A: On May 31, 1958.
Who founded it?
A: Two brothers, Dan and Frank Carney, both Wichita State students.
Where did the Carney brothers grow up?
A: In the beautiful College Hill neighborhood amongst many lifelong Wichita
families where tree-lined streets were filled with historical homes with a
scenic park as their playground.
Within a year they had how many Pizza Hut restaurants.
A: Six.
When did the brothers begin franchising?
A: In 1959.
The iconic Pizza Hut building style was designed in
1963 by whom?
A: Chicago architect George Lindstrom and was implemented in 1969.
When did the first Pizza Hut open?
A: On June 15, 1958, in Wichita, Kansas.
When did PepsiCo acquire Pizza Hut?
A: In November 1977.
Twenty years later, Pizza Hut (alongside Taco Bell and
Kentucky Fried Chicken) were spun off by PepsiCo on May 30, 1997, and all
three restaurant chains became part of what new company?
A: Tricon Global Restaurants, Inc.
When did the company assume the name of Yum! Brands?
A: On May 22, 2002.
Where was the first Pizza Hut restaurant east of the
Mississippi River opened?
A: In Athens, Ohio, in 1966 by Lawrence Berberick and Gary Meyers.
The company announced a rebrand that began on November
19, 2014, in an effort to do what?
A: To increase sales, which had dropped in the previous two years.
The menu was expanded to introduce various items such
as what?
A: Crust flavors and 11 new specialty pizzas.
In 2017, Pizza Hut was listed by UK-based company Richtopia at number 24 in what list?
A: The list of 200 Most Influential Brands in the World.
On June 25 and 27, 2019, it was reported that Pizza Hut
was bringing back their what?
A: Their logo and the red roof design that was used from 1976 until 1999.
On August 7, 2019, Pizza Hut announced its intention to
close what?
A: About 500 of its 7,496 dine-in restaurants in the US, by the middle of
2021.
