Pizza Hut, LLC is an American multinational pizza restaurant chain and international franchise founded in 1958 in Wichita, Kansas by Dan and Frank Carney. The chain, headquartered in Plano, Texas, operates 19,866 restaurants worldwide as of 2023.
The distinctive roof shape and lettering style shown here on this Pizza Hut in Athens, Ohio, were typical of U.S. Pizza Huts.
The first Pizza Hut opened on May 31, 1958, in Wichita, Kansas.
Pizza Hut Bistro in Indianapolis, Indiana, United States
Pizza Hut in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
Franchising is based on a marketing concept which can be adopted by an organization as a strategy for business expansion. Where implemented, a franchisor licenses some or all of its know-how, procedures, intellectual property, use of its business model, brand, and rights to sell its branded products and services to a franchisee. In return, the franchisee pays certain fees and agrees to comply with certain obligations, typically set out in a franchise agreement.
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A Pizza Hut franchise