Pizza Hut

Pizza Hut is an Italian-American fast food (sometimes casual dining) restaurant chain and international franchise that offers different styles of pizza along with side dishes including salad, pasta, buffalo wings, breadsticks, garlic bread and desserts.
Corporately known as Pizza Hut, Inc., it is a subsidiary of Yum! Brands, Inc., the world's largest restaurant company.
As of 2012, there were more than 6,000 Pizza Hut restaurants in the United States, and more than 5,139 store locations in 94 other countries and territories around the world.
==Early history==
Pizza Hut was founded in 1958 by brothers Dan and Frank Carney in their hometown of Wichita, Kansas. When a friend suggested opening a pizza parlor—then a rarity—they agreed that the idea could prove successful, and they borrowed $600 from their mother to start a business with partner John Bender. Renting a small building at 503 South Bluff in downtown Wichita and purchasing secondhand equipment to make pizzas, the Carneys and Bender opened the first Pizza Hut restaurant; on opening night, they gave pizza away to encourage community interest. A year later, in 1959, Pizza Hut was incorporated in Kansas, and Richard M. Hassur opened the first franchise unit in Topeka. In 2014 the company launched a new logo.
==Locations==
==See also==
* Taco Bell
* KFC
* Domino's Pizza - competitor
* Little Caesars - competitor
* Papa John's - competitor
* Chuck E. Cheese - indirect competitor
* Olive Garden - indirect competitor
* Wingstreet
==External links==
* Pizza Hut on USA Store Fanon Wiki
Category:Restaurants
Category:Pizza Restaurants
Category:Italian Restaurants
Category:Fast Food Restaurants
Category:Buffets
Category:North America
Category:South America
Category:Europe
Category:Africa
Category:Asia
Category:Oceania
Category:Companies
Category:Franchises
==Locations==
==See also==
* Taco Bell
* KFC
* Domino's Pizza - competitor
* Little Caesars - competitor
* Papa John's - competitor
* Chuck E. Cheese - indirect competitor
* Olive Garden - indirect competitor
* Wingstreet
==External links==
* Pizza Hut on USA Store Fanon Wiki
Category:Restaurants
Category:Pizza Restaurants
Category:Italian Restaurants
Category:Fast Food Restaurants
Category:Buffets
Category:North America
Category:South America
Category:Europe
Category:Africa
Category:Asia
Category:Oceania
Category:Companies
Category:Franchises
Category:Brands
Category:USA
Category:Companies founded in the United States
Category:Yum! Brands-owned companies