The locations of Pizza Hut restaurants and delivery outlets set to close in the UK have been announced. A total of 68 restaurants, impacting around 1,210 employees, will shut down in several cities including Brighton, Hull, Bristol, Leeds, and Edinburgh. Additionally, eleven delivery sites will also be closing as part of the restructuring process.
The company’s UK operations are handled by DC London Pie Limited, which went into administration on Monday. Yum! Brands, the parent company of Pizza Hut, has intervened to retain 64 restaurants and preserve 1,276 jobs. The administration has been attributed to “challenging trading conditions and increased costs,” along with cash flow pressures linked to tax obligations, according to administrators FCI Consulting.
Joint administrator Matt Callaghan stated that efforts will continue to support employees affected by these closures, a critical aspect in mitigating the impact on those laid off. It is noteworthy that DC London Pie acquired Pizza Hut UK’s restaurant operations from insolvency in January 2023. The company also operates Pizza Hut franchises in Sweden and Denmark.
The following is a list of the restaurants scheduled to close: Ashton, Beckton, Bolton, Bournemouth, Bradford (Vicar Lane), Brighton (Marina), Bristol, Cardiff, Carlisle, Chatham, Clacton, Cortonwood, Crawley, Cribbs Causeway, Croydon, Dudley, Dundee, Durham City, Eastbourne, Edinburgh (multiple locations), Enfield, Falkirk, Feltham, Finchley (Lido), Great Yarmouth, Greenwich, Grimsby, Hartlepool, Hayes, Hereford, Huddersfield, Hull, Inverness, Kettering, Kidderminster, Lancaster, Leeds (multiple locations), Liverpool, Llanelli, Lowestoft, Manchester (Fort), Middlesbrough, Norwich, Oldham, Poole (Tower Park), Portsmouth, Preston, Reading Gate, Rhyl, Rochdale, Romford, Russell Square (London), Scunthorpe, Shrewsbury, Silverlink, Solihull, St Helens, Stratford-upon-Avon, Thanet, Truro, Urmston, Wellingborough, Wigan, and Yeovil.
Closure of the delivery outlets includes locations in Aylesbury, Bletchley, Coventry (North and West), Dunstable, Leighton Buzzard, Luton, Milton Keynes, Rugby, Uxbridge, and Wolverton. The future of the remaining outlets and the brand’s overall strategy may be in question as these closures unfold.
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