The Chinese, who have a particularly strong sense of national pride, believe that pizza should be the patent of our ancestors. The reason is: Marco Polo (1254-1324) invented Chinese pasta as early as the Yuan Dynasty. It was brought to Italy, which naturally included pizza (it wasn't called pizza at that time, maybe it was called pancakes). The "cunning" Italians slightly improved the Chinese "pancakes" according to their own tastes, and euphemistically called them "pizzas." . So, pizza is an Italian rip-off! Italians who make a living by selling pizza don’t want to hear this, shouting that Italy is the origin of pizza. For this reason, a Chinese and an Italian who both ran restaurants in the United States went to court. After investigation and evidence collection, the judge believed that Chinese people usually like to eat steamed food, and baked food was spread to all over the world from India. Yes, cheese is an essential ingredient for pizza, but the Chinese do not seem to have produced cheese. All the evidence seems to be unfavorable to the Chinese, but it is untenable to say that Italy is the origin of pizza, and the case is settled.
In 1958, young American brothers Frank and Dan Camey borrowed $60 from their mother to open the first Pizza Hut pizza restaurant in Wichita, the United States.
In 1959, Pizza Hut officially established its company in Kansas and opened the first franchised Pizza Hut restaurant in Topeka, Kansas. Self-managed by Dick Hassur. As a franchisee, Dick's was allowed to use Pizza Hut's registered trademarks and secret product recipes, and also received management assistance from the Carney brothers.
In 1965, Pizza Hut's first TV commercial "Putt-Putt to Pizza Hut" was launched.
1967 The world's largest pizza (6 feet in diameter) is baked at the grand opening of a Pizza Hut restaurant in Texas.
In 1968, Pizza Hut opened its first foreign branch in Canada and began to enter the international market.
In 1969, Pizza Hut began to adopt red roof decoration. In the same year, the first Pizza Hut branch in Mexico opened in Guadalajara.
In 1970, Australia's first Pizza Hut restaurant opened.
In 1971, Pizza Hut became the world's number one pizza restaurant chain in terms of sales and number of restaurants.
In 1972, Pizza Hut shares were listed on the New York Stock Exchange. The 1,000th Pizza Hut chain restaurant opened in Vista, Kansas, USA.
In 1973, Pizza Hut opened chain restaurants in Japan and the United Kingdom.
In 1976, Pizza Hut's 100th foreign chain restaurant opened in Australia. Pizza Hut's 2,000th chain restaurant opens in Missouri, USA.
In 1977, Pizza Hut and Pepsi-Cola merged. With the help of "Pepsi-Cola", Pizza Hut began to develop in the direction of global development. Pizza Hut opens the chain's 3,000th restaurant in Texas.
In 1979, Pizza Hut opened up markets in Kuwait and the United Arab Emirates.
In 1988, Pizza Hut celebrated its 30th anniversary. There are more than 6,000 chain stores around the world. Pizza Hut’s Reward Reading Program was honored by President Reagan.
In 1989, Pizza Hut launched the "Work at Pizza Hut" program across the United States, recruiting more than 10,000 disabled employees. The program was considered the first and largest charity initiative in the catering industry at that time. Pizza Hut's 1,000th foreign branch opened in Ontario, Canada. So far, Pizza Hut has branches in 54 countries around the world. For the first time in history, Pizza Hut delivered pizza to the White House and hosted the "Reading is" event for First Lady Barbara Bush. Basic" reception service provided.
In 1990, the annual turnover of the Pizza Hut catering system reached US$4 billion. In the same year, Pizza Hut entered the Chinese market and opened its first Chinese branch in Beijing.
In 1991, when Russian President Yeltsin had just quelled a coup, Pizza Hut provided him and his supporters with one of the most historic delivery services.
1995 Pizza Hut was named the 1995 "Chain of Choice" award by Restaurants & Institutions magazine as the best pizza chain of the past 11 years.
In 1997, PepsiCo Restaurant Group, to which Pizza Hut belongs, separated from the PepsiCo Group. On October 7 of that year, the world's largest catering industry group, Yum Global Restaurant Group, was established in the United States. The world-famous Pizza Hut was formerly a member of PepsiCo Group. Three catering companies, KFC, and Taco Bell, also announced that they would become members of Yum! Global Restaurant Company.
In 1998, Pizza Hut's "Shanghai Flagship Store/Metro Store" opened in Shanghai.
In 1999, Pizza Hut's first pizza chain restaurant in Jiangsu Province, China opened in Suzhou. Pizza Hut's first pizza chain restaurant in Zhejiang Province, China, opens in Hangzhou.
In January 2002, Pizza Hut launched the Chinese-style pizza "Fu Xiang Tuan Yuan" in China for the first time to celebrate the Chinese New Year with consumers. On March 12, the headquarters of Yum Global Restaurants Group announced in the United States that in addition to the three famous chain brands of Pizza Hut, KFC and Taco Bell that it already owns and operates, the group has signed a contract with Yorkshire Global Restaurants to acquire its subsidiaries. A&W and Long John Silvers are two international catering brands. At the same time as the acquisition of these two new brands, the English name of Yum Global Restaurants Group will be changed from Tricon Global Restaurants, Inc to Yum! Brands, Inc. However, the Chinese name of Yum! Group will remain the current name and will not change.
On January 10, 2003, the number of Pizza Hut stores in China exceeded 100. With 100 stores as a new starting point, Pizza Hut will appear in the Chinese catering market with a more approachable positioning of "Pizza Hut Happy Restaurant" based on "casual dining". In April, Pizza Hut China launched "Happy Tea" during the afternoon tea and night tea periods (14:00-17:00 and after 20:00 every day). In November, "Bisheng Home Delivery" opened its franchise business in China.
Pizza Hut is now the world's largest pizza chain. In more than 100 countries around the world, it receives more than 4 million customers and bakes more than 1.7 million pizzas every day. Pizza Hut has quickly become the world's number one pizza restaurant chain in terms of turnover and number of restaurants. Pizza Hut belongs to the world's largest restaurant group - Yum Global Restaurant Group. Currently, Yum Brand Group has more than 32,500 chain restaurants in more than 100 countries around the world.