Pizza Hut To Close Hundreds Of Dine-In Locations

PLANO, Tx. – Pizza Hut is expecting to close as many as 500 of its dine-in restaurants.

Pizza Hut, which is owned by yum brands, currently operates nearly 7,500 restaurants across the United States. The chain will instead on focus on delivery and take-out.

Yum CEO David Gibbs says that number would drop to 7,000 in the next two years.











Some people aren’t happy about the closings, including Chrissy Teigen.

The model tweeted “I love them” and “long live hut.” Pizza hut responded on Twitter saying “Love you too! We’re not going anywhere. When’s pizza night?”

 









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