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Pizza Hut overhauls menu amid US sales slide; curry and ginger flavored crusts on the way
AP ^ | November 10, 2014 | Staff

Posted on 11/10/2014 11:04:36 AM PST by C19fan

Pizza Hut is letting customers play mad scientist, giving them the freedom to make pies with honey Sriracha sauce or add curry flavor to the crusts.

The atypical flavors and new ingredients are part of a menu overhaul set to be announced Monday and hit stores Nov. 19. Executives are hoping the revamp — which includes an updated logo and more relaxed uniforms for workers — will be the trick that finally jumpstarts sales.

Even as rivals Domino's and Papa John's have enjoyed growth, Pizza Hut has reported sales declines for eight straight quarters at established locations.

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TOPICS: Business/Economy; Food
KEYWORDS: pizza; pizzahut
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1 posted on 11/10/2014 11:04:36 AM PST by C19fan
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Pizza The Hutt!


2 posted on 11/10/2014 11:05:47 AM PST by dfwgator (The "Fire Muschamp" tagline is back!)
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...curry and ginger flavored crusts on the way.

Yeah.

I'm sure that will fix all that is wrong at Pizza Hut.

3 posted on 11/10/2014 11:06:54 AM PST by WayneS (Don't blame me, I voted for Kodos.)
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more relaxed uniforms for workers

I've always said "Honey, I'd take you to Pizza Hut if only the attire of their staff wasn't so danged uptight!"


4 posted on 11/10/2014 11:07:40 AM PST by Buckeye McFrog
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Maybe make better tasting pizza. Their product is not good.


6 posted on 11/10/2014 11:09:25 AM PST by woodbutcher1963
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Crappy pizza is the reason pizza parlors fail. Dominoes was on life support from their horrid pizza. They are actually pretty good now. Maybe pizza hut can do the same. I still support the local pizza joint with dozens of beers on tap.


7 posted on 11/10/2014 11:09:26 AM PST by Organic Panic
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I used to like Pizza Hut, but quit going there about 8-10 years ago, due to the quality had plummeted.

The crust edges were so thick, that they left themselves not much space in the center on which to put toppings, and then the toppings were sparse and not evenly applied.

Now we generally get Godfather’s, or, when in CT, Coventry Pizza or Anna’s in Manchester.


8 posted on 11/10/2014 11:10:17 AM PST by NEMDF
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Curry and ginger ain’t going to help any.


9 posted on 11/10/2014 11:10:36 AM PST by caver (Obama: Home of the Whopper)
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It is greasy pizza and the stores are old. Lots of good pies to chhose from. They are just nor on my list.


10 posted on 11/10/2014 11:10:44 AM PST by DariusBane (Liberty and Risk. Flip sides of the same coin. So how much risk will YOU accept? Vive Deo et Vives)
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Maybe they should make pizza that tastes like pizza?


11 posted on 11/10/2014 11:11:27 AM PST by Cowboy Bob (They are called "Liberals" because the word "parasite" was already taken.)
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Why stop there? They should try this:

KRAMER: It’s a pizza place where you make your own pie! We give you the dough, the sauce, the cheese...you pound it, slap it, you flip it up into the air...you put your toppings on and you slide it into the oven! Sounds good, huh?


12 posted on 11/10/2014 11:12:30 AM PST by Southside_Chicago_Republican (If liberty means anything at all, it means the right to tell people what they do not want to hear.)
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Bingo. Lose the grease. I’d like their pizza, but it’s so greasy I feel a bit sick after; prefer “dry” pizzas like Papa John’s - there’s enough grease in all the cheese without drenching the dough in it too.


13 posted on 11/10/2014 11:12:52 AM PST by ctdonath2 (You know what, just do it.)
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To: Organic Panic

I support several local pizza places. I rarely get pizza from Pizza Hut, Dominos, Papa Johns. I prefer the local places. The food is much better in my opinion.

I even like that I support local business in this way.

I’m the same way with local restaurants vs. Chain restaurants. Much prefer a few local seafood places to Red Lobster, as an example.


14 posted on 11/10/2014 11:13:09 AM PST by Dilbert San Diego (s)
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Folks are finding out that frozen, take-n-bake, and local/family restaurant pizzas are far more superior to the chain-store pizzas.


15 posted on 11/10/2014 11:13:47 AM PST by Extremely Extreme Extremist (NO COMPROMISE! NO BIPARTISANSHIP! STOP OBAMA NOW!)
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Their sauce is just tomato sauce.


16 posted on 11/10/2014 11:13:54 AM PST by blueunicorn6 ("A crack shot and a good dancer")
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17 posted on 11/10/2014 11:15:29 AM PST by chajin ("There is no other name under heaven given among people by which we must be saved." Acts 4:12)
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To: ctdonath2

That’s right. I think they put a half cup of oil in the bottom of the pan, then the dough. Yuck.


18 posted on 11/10/2014 11:16:55 AM PST by DariusBane (Liberty and Risk. Flip sides of the same coin. So how much risk will YOU accept? Vive Deo et Vives)
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To: C19fan

Ginger and curry sound interesting, can you get that in their cheese breadsticks?


19 posted on 11/10/2014 11:17:18 AM PST by GraceG (Protect the Border from Illegal Aliens, Don't Protect Illegal Alien Boarders...)
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"Lemon Curry?"

20 posted on 11/10/2014 11:17:54 AM PST by dfwgator (The "Fire Muschamp" tagline is back!)
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