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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.
A second Chix unit opened in May 2015 with additional menu items. Super Chix was sold to founder Nick Ouimet and an investment group in August 2015. [36] In 2017, Yum! announced plans to open 10 Pizza Hut restaurants in Ethiopia, after signing a franchise with the country's Belayab Foods and Franchise PLC. [40]
NPC was the largest franchisee of both Pizza Hut and Wendy's, and owned more than 1,200 Pizza Hut locations and 385 Wendy's locations until March 2021. [2] O. Gene Bicknell opened his first franchised Pizza Hut restaurant in Pittsburg, Kansas in 1962. In 1984, Bicknell and NPC went public, finishing the decade with 320 locations.
Calvin Howard Wilkins Jr. [1] was born in Wichita, Kansas on February 19, 1938. [2] He graduated from Yale University in 1960 and began a business career. [3] [4] [5]In 1966, Wilkins bought the Pizza Hut franchise in Kentucky, and in less than two years he added 16 restaurants.
He also helped bring the first Pizza Hut to northern Wisconsin from 1968 to 1979. Bob Long had a severe stroke in the early 1990s and since then retired from most of his charitable and social activities.
Yum! Brands owned Pizza Hut is one of the world's most famous restaurant brands. Not only is it found in 86 countries around the world but it boasts over 13,400 restaurants and annual sales of ...