Yum! was created on October 7, 1997, as Tricon Global Restaurants, Inc. an independent company, as a result of a spin-out from PepsiCo, which owned and franchised the KFC, Pizza Hut, and Taco Bell brands worldwide. It’s been a successful venture, by any measure. What fascinates and irritates me at the same time, is the company’s idea of “product innovation”… Continue reading I Go on a Rant About Yum Brands
Tag: Pizza Hut
Pizza Hut (nationwide) The Big Dinner Box
American fast food outlets have long offered “bundled meals” at their overseas franchise outlets, but they have been slow to roll out in the U.S. Pizza Hut has recently unveiled their “Big Dinner Box” at U.S. stores, and at $19.95, I think it’s a real value for an impromptu family meal, game day, or if… Continue reading Pizza Hut (nationwide) The Big Dinner Box
Nationwide – Pizza Hut’s “Big Italy”
Tooling around somewhere in East J@@@@, or maybe it was Bumf####, Kansas late one night, I pulled into the local burg in search of the local pizza. No such luck. But man, it’s DINNER TIME. Oh, who am I kidding, I don’t eat by the clock! Wait, it could have been Eastern Colorado,… Continue reading Nationwide – Pizza Hut’s “Big Italy”
Putt Putt to the Pizza Hut….er The Hut
Ok, not that I’m a marketing genius, but I simply don’t get the dumping of a brand name that has been around for decades or longer. Oh, I read the puff pieces on how a particular company (Pizza Hut, Radio Shack, Ask Mr. Foster) justified the change (update?), but I still don’t get it. Perhaps… Continue reading Putt Putt to the Pizza Hut….er The Hut