Pizza Hut to Close Nearly 250 Stores During First Half of 2026

The pizza chain’s same‑store sales and operating profit both recorded year-over-year declines in the fourth quarter of 2025.
Pizza Hut to Close Nearly 250 Stores During First Half of 2026
Pizza Hut's logo. Reed Saxon/AP Photo
Mary Prenon
Mary Prenon
Freelance Reporter
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Pizza Hut, a global pizza chain known for its pan pizza and stuffed crusts, will be shuttering up to 250 locations during the first half of this year.

During a Feb. 4 earnings call, parent company Yum Brands Inc. announced the closures of “underperforming” locations globally, and said it expects Pizza Hut’s first-quarter core operating profit to decline about 15 percent as a result of costs tied to the restructuring.

Mary Prenon
Mary Prenon
Freelance Reporter
Mary T. Prenon covers real estate and business. She has been a writer and reporter for over 25 years with various print and broadcast media in New York.