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Pizza Hut reveals locations where restaurants will close

Pizza Hut reveals locations where restaurants will close

Summary

Pizza Hut is closing 68 restaurants in the UK, affecting 1,210 jobs. The closures are due to tough business conditions and rising costs. DC London Pie, the company running these UK Pizza Hut locations, went into administration, and some restaurants were saved by Yum! Brands.

Key Facts

  • Pizza Hut will close 68 restaurants in the UK.
  • 1,210 employees will lose their jobs due to these closures.
  • The restaurants affected are in cities like Brighton, Hull, Bristol, Leeds, and Edinburgh.
  • Eleven delivery outlets will also shut down.
  • DC London Pie Limited, the company operating these restaurants, went into administration.
  • Yum! Brands, the owner of the Pizza Hut brand, saved 64 other restaurants and 1,276 jobs.
  • Increasing costs and difficult trading conditions led to the closures.
  • DC London Pie had taken over these UK operations from insolvency earlier in the year.
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