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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]
The first pizza ovens started entering the country in the late 1950s; [53] it gained popularity throughout the 1960s, with many pizzerias and restaurants opening across the country. Pizza was mostly served in restaurants and small pizzerias. Most pizza restaurants across Canada also serve popular Italian cuisine in addition to pizza, such as ...
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.
The business was founded by Jimmy John Liautaud in 1983. [4] After Liautaud graduated from high school, his father gave him a choice to either join the military or start a business. Liautaud decided to start a hot dog business, which changed to sandwiches due to costs.
In 2003, Yum! launched WingStreet as a hybrid combo unit with an existing Pizza Hut franchise. [23] In 2007 and 2008, a thousand WingStreet stores a year were opened. On October 19, 2009, Company president Scott Bergren publicized WingStreet's national launch. [23] An East Dawning test cafeteria-style restaurant was opened in Shanghai in 2004 ...
"Fast Food Song" is a song made famous by British-based band Fast Food Rockers, although it existed long before they recorded it, [1] as a popular children's playground song. The chorus is based on the Moroccan folk tune " A Ram Sam Sam " and mentions fast food restaurant chains McDonald's , Kentucky Fried Chicken and Pizza Hut .
Pizza Hut opened its first store in China in 1990, [35] [36] and Pizza Hut and Domino's Pizza both expanded in the Chinese market in the 2000s. [37] To fit with China's market demand and national culinary peculiarities Pizza Hut modified its pizza recipes to include local ingredients, such as crab sticks, tuna, soy sauce and corn. [38]