PLANO, Texas, Sept. 29, 2016 /PRNewswire/ -- October
1 marks the beginning of National
Pizza Month and, as the pizza restaurant which serves and
delivers more pizzas than any other pizza restaurant in the
world, Pizza Hut, a subsidiary of Yum! Brands, Inc. (NYSE:
YUM), is bringing pizza lovers a deal to help
them celebrate all month long.
For the month of October, customers can order two medium pizzas
– any recipe and any toppings – for just $6.99 each with the purchase of two or more.
October also brings Halloween which
is one of Pizza Hut's three busiest days of the year.
"Pizza is often voted the most popular food in America, so it's
only right that we devote a full month to America's favorite food,"
said said Doug Terfehr, senior
director of public relations, Pizza Hut. "This October, we're
giving pizza lovers even more reason to commemorate National Pizza
Month with our $6.99 Any Deal. With
the unlimited topping combinations, you can honor National Pizza
Month with a different flavor each day."
There's no doubt that pizza is America's favorite food. In fact,
94 percent of Americans eat it at least once a month. Other fun
facts about our national love affair with pizza include:
- Americans consume 100 acres of pizza per day, which is roughly
350 slices per second.
- Each person in the U.S. eats 46 pizza slices a year on
average.
- Approximately 3 billion pizzas are ordered in the U.S. per
year.
- Pepperoni is the most popular pizza topping in America.
- 62 percent of Americans prefer meat toppings while 38 percent
prefer vegetable toppings.
As part of the $6.99 Any Deal,
customers can top their two medium pizzas with any combination of
the following fresh Pizza Hut ingredients: Fresh mushrooms, fresh
spinach, fresh red onions, fresh green bell peppers, sliced banana
peppers, sweet pineapple, sliced jalapeño peppers, Mediterranean
black olives, Peruvian cherry peppers and diced Roma tomatoes as well as pepperoni, Italian
sausage, premium salami, classic meatballs, slow-roasted ham,
hardwood smoked bacon, grilled chicken, beef and seasoned pork.
Pizza lovers can customize their pizzas with a choice of five
sauces, including Classic Marinara, Premium Crushed Tomato, Creamy
Garlic Parmesan, Barbeque and Buffalo. They can also top their
pizzas with a choice of sauce drizzles, including Balsamic,
Barbeque and Buffalo.
Pizza Hut is proving that no one out pizzas The Hut this
October. But this isn't the first time Pizza Hut has gone to great
lengths to deliver:
- This year, Pizza Hut set the world record for the highest
elevation pizza delivery at the peak of Mt. Kilimanjaro, 19,347
feet high.
- Pizza Hut was the first pizza company to deliver pizza to outer
space.
- Pizza Hut was the first company to deliver pizza to the White
House.
- Pizza Hut was the first pizza restaurant company to accept an
order online.
The $6.99 Any Deal is available
for dine-in, carryout or delivery at participating Pizza Hut
locations nationwide. For more information about Pizza Hut, visit
blog.pizzahut.com or to order now, head to
www.pizzahut.com.
About Pizza Hut
Pizza Hut, a subsidiary of Yum!
Brands, Inc. (NYSE: YUM), delivers more pizza, pasta and wings than
any other restaurant in the world. The pizza restaurant began 58
years ago in Wichita, Kansas, when
two brothers borrowed $600 from their
mom to start a pizzeria.
What started out small has become the biggest pizza restaurant
in the world and today operates more than 16,000 restaurants in
more than 100 countries serving innovative pizzas, traditional
favorites like the signature Pan Pizza, and much more. Pizza Hut
also is the proprietor of the BOOK IT!® Program, which
is a long-standing children's literacy program used in more than
630,000 classrooms nationwide. For more information, visit
www.pizzahut.com. Follow Pizza Hut on Facebook
(www.facebook.com/PizzaHut), Twitter (www.twitter.com/pizzahut) and
Instagram (www.instagram.com/pizzahut).
*For all media inquiries, please contact Pizza Hut:
Doug Terfehr, 972-338-6992,
Doug.Terfehr@yum.com
Courtney Moscovic, 972-338-8288,
Courtney.Moscovic@yum.com
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