Pizza Hut is well known for its family-friendly dining and salad bar
Pizza Hut restaurant(Image: PA Archive/PA Images)
Pizza Hut will be closing a number of restaurants across the country as the company behind its UK venues fell into administration. The news which was announced yesterday, will also see it shut 11 delivery sites as part of a restructuring which will put 1,210 workers at risk of redundancy.
DC London Pie, the firm running Pizza Hut’s UK dine-in restaurants, appointed administrators from corporate finance firm FTI on Monday, October 20. The announcement comes less than a year after the business had itself bought the chain’s restaurants from insolvency.
On Monday, American hospitality giant Yum! Brands, which owns the global Pizza Hut business, said it has now bought the UK restaurant operation in a pre-pack administration deal. The rescue deal will save 64 sites and secure the future of 1,277 workers.
Pizza Hut is well known for its family-friendly dining and salad bar. A spokesperson for Pizza Hut UK said: “We are pleased to secure the continuation of 64 sites to safeguard our guest experience and protect the associated jobs.”
Nicolas Burquier, managing director of Pizza Hut Europe and Canada, said: “This targeted acquisition aims to safeguard our guest experience and protect jobs where possible. Our immediate priority is operational continuity at the acquired locations and supporting colleagues through the transition.”
There were approximately 508 Pizza Hut restaurants in the UK as of September. Here are the locations of Pizza Hut sites set for closure, including two in Merseyside.
Dine In restaurant locations
Ashton, Greater Manchester
Beckton, London
Bolton, Greater Manchester
Bournemouth, Dorset
Bradford Vicar Lane, West Yorkshire
Brighton Marina, East Sussex
Bristol, Avon
Cardiff, South Glamorgan
Carlisle, Cumbria
Chatham, Kent
Clacton, Essex
Cortonwood, South Yorkshire
Crawley, West Sussex
Cribbs Causeway, Avon
Croydon, Surrey
Dudley, West Midlands
Dundee, Dundee
Durham City, County Durham
Eastbourne, East Sussex
Edinburgh, Scotland
Edinburgh Fountain Park
Edinburgh Kinnaird Park
Enfield, Middlesex
Falkirk, Scotland
Feltham, Middlesex
Finchley Lido, London
Great Yarmouth, Norfolk
Greenwich, London
Grimsby, Lincolnshire
Hartlepool, Cleveland
Hayes, Middlesex
Hereford, Herefordshire
Huddersfield, West Yorkshire
Hull, East Yorkshire
Inverness, Scotland
Kettering, Northamptonshire
Kidderminster, Worcestershire
Lancaster, Lancashire
Leeds Colton Mill, West Yorkshire
Leeds Kirkstall Road, West Yorkshire
Leeds White Rose, West Yorkshire
Liverpool ONE, Merseyside
Llanelli, Dyfed
Lowestoft, Suffolk
Manchester Fort
Middlesbrough, Cleveland
Norwich, Norfolk
Oldham, Lancashire
Portsmouth, Hampshire
Preston, Lancashire
Reading Gate, Berkshire
Rhyl, Clwyd
Rochdale, Lancashire
Romford, Essex
Russell Square, London
Scunthorpe, Lincolnshire
Shrewsbury, Shropshire
Silverlink, Tyne & Wear
Solihull, West Midlands
St Helens, Merseyside
Stratford-upon-Avon, Warwickshire
Thanet, Kent
Tower Park, Dorset
Truro, Cornwall
Urmston, Lancashire
Wellingborough, Northamptonshire
Wigan, Lancashire
Yeovil, Somerset
Delivery site locations
Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire
Bletchley, Milton Keynes
Coventry North, West Midlands
Coventry West, West Midlands
Dunstable, Bedfordshire
Leighton Buzzard, Bedfordshire
Luton, Bedfordshire
Milton Keynes, Buckinghamshire
Rugby, Warwickshire
Uxbridge, Middlesex
Wolverton, Milton Keynes