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How Pizza Hut fell from stuffed-crust glory to corporate castoff

How Pizza Hut fell from stuffed-crust glory to corporate castoff
MarketWatch Wednesday 17 June 2026, 11:00 UTC By Bill Peters 1 min read
Key Points

“They struggled to figure out what the next big thing was,” an analyst says in the wake of a recently announced private-equity buyout.

“They struggled to figure out what the next big thing was,” an analyst says in the wake of a recently announced private-equity buyout.
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