Pizza is the most loved product in America.
It's the No. 1 product with kids, young males, working mothers. He has to be. With an eroded market share and Papa John's International Inc. and other upstarts nipping at his heels and sniping at the quality of his pizzas, Rawlings has put Pizza Hut on a very straight and focused path. Goliath Beats David Pizza Hut Inc. President Mike Rawlings didn't much like the characterization that the No. 1 pizza chain was beating up on Papa John's International Inc. when it took the No. 4 pizza maker to court more than a year ago. Pizza Hut was losing market share and consumers were beginning to believe that Pizza Hut's food quality, derided in some Papa John's comparative ads, was not the best.