All Pizza Hut Restaurants articles
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NewsOpenings of the week
MCA rounds up this week’s biggest openings stories, featuring Pizza Hut’s return to Marble Arch, Darjeeling Express’ return to Soho, and new sites from Shake Shack, Dave’s Hot Chicken, and KFC
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InterviewsYum! Brands: ‘There are untapped opportunities in unified systems’
Jatin Chandwani, chief product and growth officer for the parent company of KFC, Taco Bell, and Pizza Hut, told delegates at MCA’s Hostech that Byte by Yum! was developed to remove the need to integrate different tech solutions
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NewsYum! in talks to sell Pizza Hut
The US fast food group is in exclusive discussions to sell the struggling pizza chain to Connecticut-based private equity firm LongRange Capital
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NewsPizza Hut upgrades loyalty programme
The pizza delivery chain said Hut Rewards evolves its offering beyond a spend-based model and incentivises customers by rewarding frequency
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NewsPizza Hut to close 250 US sites
The brand’s strategic review is expected to complete later this year, with parent company Yum! Brands proceeding with its ‘Hutt Forward’ program as part of turnaround efforts
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NewsYum! Brands: Reinvigorating Pizza Hut could require ‘multi-year effort’
CEO Chris Turner said the pizza chain has “lots of strengths” and may achieve more success outside the ownership of Yum!, as group initiates a strategic review for the brand
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Analysis & InsightInside Pizza Hut Restaurants' complex web of debt
The operator called in administrators after a declining trading performance and negative like-for-likes driven by competition from quick-service restaurant operators and delivery aggregators
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Weekend PressPizza Hut was a sensation in the Eighties. What went wrong?
As the chain announces a wave of UK restaurant closures, a childhood fan tries to fit all his nostalgia into an ever-shrinking salad bowl, Jim Armitage writes in The Sunday Times
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OpinionPizza Hut Restaurants’ slow slide into irrelevance
Shifting consumer preferences, increased competition, and an uninspiring product were no doubt factors in the brand’s latest round of closures, even if being fashionable was never part of Pizza Hut’s ambition
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NewsPizza Hut UK acquires 64 restaurants in pre-pack deal
While almost half of Pizza Hut’s dine-in sites have been acquired out of administration, 68 restaurants and 11 delivery sites will close as part of the deal, resulting in more than 1,210 job losses
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NewsPizza Hut launches £5 portion format
The Crafted Flatzz range will be available across Pizza Hut’s restaurants in the UK & Ireland, and features four topping options on top of a lighter, hand-stretched crust.
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NewsDirectional Pizza appoints new CEO
The owner of the Pizza Hut Restaurants UK business has appointed Gino Casciani as chief executive officer of its European operations.
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NewsPizza Hut Restaurants makes leadership changes
Long-standing CEO Jens Hofma, who has led the Pizza Hut franchise since 2012, is leaving the business after it was acquired in a pre-pack administration deal by Directional Capital
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NewsKFC UK achieves +4% sales growth in Q1 2025
Yum! Brands CEO David Gibbs said there had been strong progress on some of the “bold initiatives” the business was putting in place, such as its trial of Kwench drinks within UK KFC stores, with the pilot showing “promising” early results
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NewsHeart with Smart acquired for £10m
The decision to sell to private equity firm Directional Capital was primarily based on overall value and return to the creditors as a whole, according to Interpath
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NewsUncertain future for itsu franchise stores
Itsu is pressing for “the best possible outcome” for staff caught up in the pre-pack administration sale of franchise group Heart with Smart
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NewsPizza Hut Restaurants acquired in pre-pack
The future of the pizza brand’s dine-in business has been secured after it was acquired by investment firm Directional Capital, with all but one of the franchise’s 142 sites expected to remain open
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NewsPizza Hut Restaurants close to rescue deal
Directional Capital, an investment firm which already controls much of Pizza Hut’s dine-in operations in Denmark and Sweden, is in advanced talks to acquire roughly 140 sites in the UK, Sky News reports
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NewsHeart with Smart looks to secure future
The Pizza Hut Restaurants operator is in advanced talks with potential buyers, with the aim of selecting a preferred bidder this month
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NewsKFC UK sees 6% system sales drop
The Q3 sales decline occurred across many of KFC’s other divisions, including the US, Asia, and the Middle East, Turkey, and North Africa segments