Pizza Hut

Pizza Hut is the largest restaurant chain in the world that specializes in pizzas . It is a subsidiary company, but also has international affiliates . The company was founded in 1958 by two students (Dan and Frank Carney) in Wichita (Kansas) . The company was in 1977 acquired by PepsiCo . There are 12,000 restaurants, drive-inrestaurantsand kiosks spread across 86 countries. Pizza Hut was spun off from PepsiCo, Inc. in a company called Tricon Global Restaurants (now Yum! Brands ) in October 1997along with Kentucky Fried Chicken and Taco Bell .

In many countries, only soft drinks sold by the former parent company Pepsi . In some countries also beer tapped. Most Pizza Hut restaurants also have a salad bar.

A derivative of the Pizza Hut restaurants Pizza Hut Express kiosks (they have a limited menu), which are found for example in shopping malls, airports, department stores, hotels and petrol stations.

The newest addition to the tree called the Pizza Hut Pizza Hut Italian Bistro. Here besides pizza pastas, sandwiches and snacks sold (called "appetizers"). The intention is that Pizza Hut is known as Italian restaurant rather than a fast food pizzeria. The former franchises of Pizza Hut at railway stations in the Netherlands were in the hands of Servex . ==[Trivia  edit ] ==
 * In the science-fiction parody film " Spaceballs "Pizza Hut was parodied by the character" Pizza the Hutt, "inspired by Jabba the Hutt from the Star Wars series.
 * Pizza Hut was one of the first companies along one line could orders. This service has been around since 1994 .