The History of Pizza Hut

The history of Pizza Hut began in 1958 when Frankbusiness was really starting to flourish after pan pizza
and Dan Carney opened the first store in Wichitagot introduced six years earlier.
Kansas. Frank and Dan were brothers and bestThe early 90's consisted of many delivery and
friends. In 1958, they asked their mother to borrowrestaurant stores opening throughout the United
600.00 and they successfully started the now worldKingdom and Russia. In 1994 there were over ten
renowned restaurant called Pizza Hut. The brothersthousand Pizza hut open for business world wide. In
decided that they wanted the word pizza in the name1997, PepsiCo decided to focus solely on their drinks
of the restaurant and since the place itself remindedbusiness (Pepsi) which resulted in the foundation of
them of a hut, they came up with Pizza Hut. TheyTricon Global Restaurants. Tricon Global Restaurants
based their business on quality and customer serviceis known today as the largest restaurant brand in the
and proved to succeed with both.World. Sicilian pizza was also launched in the United
In 1964, the brothers decided to change the look ofKingdom in 1997 and proved to be a huge success. In
Pizza Hut and they erected the buildings that arethe year 2000, Pizza Hut introduced a new type of
universally recognized and related to the Pizza Hutpizza called The Edge. This pizza was very unique
name. In 1970, the history of Pizza Hut made a hugeand unlike any other pizza available. It was a thin pizza
move. Pizza Hut was now publicly traded on the Newwith toppings all the way around the edge.
York Stock Exchange. In 1973, Pizza Hut opened itsThe history of Pizza Hut made a big step forward in
first doors off of American soil. Japan, England, and2003 when it was made public that 500 restaurants
Canada all housed the first of the international Pizzawere now open in the United Kingdom employing a
Hut businesses. In 1977 a huge company namedtotal of over 20,000 people. In 2004 the Big New
Pepsico merged with Pizza Hut and Frank Carney stillYorker Pizza was introduced to the public which
remained the leader even with the merged companies.proved to be yet another successful and desirable
He decided in 1980 it was his time to leave and pursuepizza. 2005 brought the launch of the bigger and larger
other personal goals and opportunities. By 1986, there4 for All pizza. Just this year Pizza Hut came out with
were one hundred restaurants in the United Kingdomtheir garlic crusted pizza and a larker 4 for all.
and five thousand establishments world wide. The