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Pizza
Hut
was
founded
on
June
15,
1958,
by
two
brothers,
Dan
and
Frank
Carney,
both Wichita
State students,
as
a
single
location
in Wichita,
Kansas. Six
months
later
they
opened
a
second
outlet
and
within
a
year
they
had
six
Pizza
Hut
restaurants.
One
early
employee
was
future Pro
Football
Hall
of
Fame head
coach Bill
Parcells,
who
had
worked
for
the
company
while
a
college
student
and
football
player
at Wichita
State
University.
Parcells
was
considering
a
franchise
for
a
career
(as
well
as
law
school)
but
instead
chose
to
enter
coaching,
eventually
becoming
a
head
coach
in
the National
Football
League.
The
brothers
began
franchising
in
1959.
The
iconic
Pizza
Hut
building
style
was
designed
in
1963
by
Chicago
architect
George
Lindstrom and
was
implemented
in
1969.
PepsiCo acquired
Pizza
Hut
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
a
new
company
named
Tricon
Global
Restaurants,
Inc.
The
company
assumed
the
name
of
Yum!
Brands
on
May
22,
2002.
Before
closing
in
2015,
the
oldest
continuously
operating
Pizza
Hut
was
in Manhattan,
Kansas,
in
a
shopping
and
tavern
district
known
as Aggieville near Kansas
State
University.
The
first
Pizza
Hut
restaurant
east
of
the
Mississippi
River
was
opened
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
increase
sales,
which
had
dropped
in
the
previous
two
years.
The
menu
was
expanded
to
introduce
various
items
such
as
crust
flavors
and
11
new
specialty
pizzas.
Work
uniforms
for
employees
were
also
refreshed. In
2017,
Pizza
Hut
was
listed
by
UK-based
company
Richtopia
at
number
24
in
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
logo
and
the
red
roof
design
that
was
used
from
1976
until
1999.
On
August
7,
2019,
Pizza
Hut
announced
its
intention
to
close
about
500
of
its
7,496
dine-in
restaurants
in
the
US,
by
the
middle
of
2021.
The
first
Pizza
Hut
opened
on
June
15,
1958,
in Wichita,
Kansas.
On
August
18,
2020,
it
was
announced
that
Pizza
Hut
will
be
closing
300
restaurants
after
the
bankruptcy
of NPC
International,
one
of
its
franchise
providers.
A
company
representative
stated,
"We
have
continued
to
work
with
NPC
and
its
lenders
to
optimize
NPC's
Pizza
Hut
restaurant
footprint
and
strengthen
the
portfolio
for
the
future,
and
today's
joint
agreement
to
close
up
to
300
NPC
Pizza
Hut
restaurants
is
an
important
step
toward
a
healthier
business."
