Football's Big Day is Busiest Day of the Year for Pizza Hut (R)

Football's Big Day is Busiest Day of the Year for Pizza Hut (R)

Pizza Company Adds Tuscani Lasagna to Line-up Just in Time for Sports Sunday

DALLAS, Jan. 29 /PRNewswire/ -- Football fans will turn their eyes to Tampa on February 1, but for the employees at more than 6,200 Pizza Hut restaurants across the country, their attention will be tuned to the kitchens and the phone lines. As football prepares to crown a new champion, Pizza Hut prepares for the company's biggest day of the year, one in which approximately 2.5 million orders are placed for pizza, pasta and wings.

Each year on football's big day, the Pizza Hut system sees an average 55% increase in business over a typical Sunday. To put all those sales into perspective, Pizza Hut pulled together some staggering stats that demonstrate how a hungry nation of football fans gets fed for the big game:

   --  Pizza Hut will sell enough pizza to cover more than 50 football fields    --  Pizza Hut employees would cover all 32 NFL fields lying head-to-toe    --  If each slice of Pizza Hut pizza sold were laid end to end, the pizza       trail would stretch halfway across the United States    --  Pepperoni is the most requested pizza topping, followed by Italian       sausage and extra cheese    --  Pizza Hut anticipates selling more orders of Tuscani Pastas, including       the new Tuscani Lasagna, than there were fans at the league's two       conference championship games    --  The number of WingStreet(R) wings expected to be sold would be enough       to give a chicken wing to every citizen of Phoenix and Pittsburgh.        Honey Barbeque is the most popular wing sauce, followed by Buffalo       Medium and Buffalo Mild     Plenty of Choices for Game Day  

If you're having a hard time choosing between Arizona and Pittsburgh, just wait until it comes to the difficult decisions on the Pizza Hut(R) menu. With pizza, pasta and wings, there are plenty of options for hungry fans. Pizza Hut now offers the real taste of all-natural ingredients, including tomato sauce (no high fructose corn syrup), pepperoni with no added nitrates or nitrites, all-natural Italian sausage, and 100 percent real beef.

For pasta lovers, there are four types of Tuscani Pastas to choose from, including the newest introduction, Tuscani Pastas Lasagna. And WingStreet wings make the perfect entree or side dish for your big game feast, with eight delicious sauces available in traditional, bone-in or boneless varieties.

Game Day Strategy and Stats

More than 80 percent of the game day orders occur before halftime, so Pizza Hut recommends placing your order early. Fortunately, Pizza Hut offers more ways to order than any other national chain. Pizzahut.com is a convenient way to place your order up to a week in advance, and first time online customers will receive 20% off their order. You can also order via text message, mobile Web, even through the popular Facebook platform. For more information or to place your order, visit www.pizzahut.com.

About Pizza Hut

As the world's largest pizza restaurant company with 6,200 restaurants in the United States and more than 4,000 restaurants in 100 other countries, Pizza Hut, Inc., is a subsidiary of Yum! Brands, Inc. (NYSE:YUM) . The company's 50-year legacy of leadership and innovation has made it the recognized leader in the $37 billion pizza category. Those hungry for more information can go to the official Pizza Hut Website at www.pizzahut.com.

   Media Contact   Dan Skinner   Zeno for Pizza Hut   312-396-9706   dan.skinner@zenogroup.com  

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Source: Pizza Hut

CONTACT: Dan Skinner of Zeno, +1-312-396-9706,
dan.skinner@zenogroup.com, for Pizza Hut, Inc.

Web Site: http://www.pizzahut.com/

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