The Franchise Magazine:
Pizza Hut is committing its focus to franchising in 2010 with the announcement of a doubling of its franchise owner recruitment target for the next 12 months. Chief Executive Jens Hofma has revealed to The Franchise Magazine that the company is seeking to open 35 franchised home delivery stores in the year ahead, almost twice the 18 openings the network achieved in 2009.
“In the last two years there has been a complete rethink within Pizza Hut as to how the two strands of the business – dine-in restaurants and the home delivery stores – are managed,” says Jens (pictured, right). “As a result there is complete organisational focus on developing our delivery operations through the home delivery store network.”
