Pizza Hut

  • Pizza hut was started,by brothers Dan and Frank Carney in their hometown of Wichita, Kansas

  • The first franchise unit opened Topeka, Kansas.

  • 314 stores nationwide

  • Pizza Hut went public on the New York Stock Exchange under the stock ticker symbol

  • Pizza Hut was acquired by PepsiCo, who later also bought KFC and Taco Bell.

  • The Pasta Bravo concept was acquired in 2003 from Pasta Bravo, Inc. of Aliso Viejo, Cali for $5 million to pair with Pizza Hut

  • Pizza Hut is now the world's largest pizza franchise.

  • Pizza Hut, Inc. has more than 6,000 restaurants in the United States and more than 5,600 restaurants in 94 other countries and territories around the world.