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Pizza Hut, LLC [3] is an American multinational pizza restaurant chain and international franchise founded in 1958 in Wichita, Kansas by brothers Dan and Frank Carney. The chain, headquartered in Plano, Texas , operates 19,866 restaurants worldwide as of 2023.
The Pizza Hut in Aggieville, Kansas, was the first to have delivery, an innovation. By 1977, Pizza Hut had grown to 4,000 outlets and the brothers decided to sell the business to PepsiCo for over $300 million USD. Frank remained the president and a board member of Pizza Hut until 1980. [1] [3]
Leading early pizza chains were Shakey's Pizza, founded in 1954 in Sacramento, California; Pizza Hut, founded in 1958 in Wichita, Kansas; and Little Caesars, founded in 1959 in Garden City, Michigan.
In 1994 (a full year before Amazon.com was even created) Pizza Huts' "PizzaNet" accepted an order for a large pizza with pepperoni, mushrooms and extra cheese and the Internet age was born - kind of.
Dominating the list of up-and-coming pizza chains are franchises that got their start in California. Pizza Factory was founded more than 30 years ago in Oakhurst, Calif., and it now has more than ...
In a time filled with strife, anger, and a feeling of despair, one delicious new film has come along at just the right time to show us that anything is possible — one rebuilt Pizza Hut location ...
The pizza parlor franchised into Pizza Hut in 1959 and added a thicker crust pan pizza. [5] [6] Other pizza companies also later included pan pizza. In 1989, Domino's introduced its deep dish or pan pizza. Its introduction followed market research showing that 40% of pizza customers preferred thick crusts.
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