PLANO, Texas, June 15, 2015 /PRNewswire/ -- It's been to
Australia. Thailand. The Middle
East. And, the United
Kingdom. It's even been as close as Canada. Now, finally, it's coming to America.
Pizza + Hot Dogs is here.
Pizza Hut, the world's largest pizza company, is bringing
together two of America's most popular treats – pizza and hot dogs
– in the form of its all-new Hot Dog Bites Pizza. The American
rendition of the popular global pie features 28 premium mini hot
dog bites baked into the crust and is served with a side of
French's mustard.
Available while supplies last, beginning at 11 a.m. on June 18,
the flavor-packed, large one-topping pizza will be offered at
$11.99.
"We are committed to bringing more flavor and fun to the pizza
category than anyone else, and our new Hot Dog Bites Pizza is an
absolutely epic flavor mash-up inspired by two of America's
favorite foods," said Jared
Drinkwater, Vice President of Marketing, Pizza Hut. "Last
year, Americans ate an estimated 150 million hot dogs over the
July 4th holiday. We've taken the
appropriate steps to notify the National Sausage and Hot Dog
Council that they will need to adjust their statistics in 2015,
thanks to Pizza Hut's introduction of the Hot Dog Bites Pizza."
The introduction of the limited-time offer conveniently
coincides with the peak of hot dog-eating season, including the
official start of summer, Independence
Day, and July as National Hot Dog Month. The Pizza Hut Hot
Dog Bites pizza is available with the choice of the traditional or
salted pretzel crust flavors. All options are served with a free
side of French's mustard.
"We definitely wanted to make this pizza unique compared to how
it's been seen in other parts of the world, which is how we landed
on offering the hot dogs as bite-sized, incorporating our crust
flavors and offering the mustard on the side," said Drinkwater. "We
think the latest innovations will make the Hot Dog Bites Pizza a
huge hit in the United
States."
The Hot Dog Bites pizza will be available for dine-in, carryout
or delivery at all 6,300 Pizza Hut locations around the country.
For more information, visit www.pizzahut.com.
About Pizza Hut
Pizza Hut, a subsidiary of Yum!
Brands, Inc. (NYSE: YUM), delivers more pizza, pasta and wings than
any other restaurant in the world. The company began 57 years ago
in Wichita, Kansas, when two
brothers borrowed $600 from their mom
to start a pizzeria.
What started out small has become the biggest pizza company in
the world and today operates more than 15,600 restaurants in more
than 90 countries serving innovative pizzas, traditional favorites
like the signature Pan Pizza, and much more. Pizza Hut also is the
proprietor of the BOOK IT!® Program, which is a
long-standing children's literacy program used in more than 630,000
classrooms nationwide. For more information, visit
www.pizzahut.com. Follow Pizza Hut on Facebook
(www.facebook.com/PizzaHut), Twitter (www.twitter.com/pizzahut) and
Instagram (www.instagram.com/pizzahut).
*For all media inquiries, please contact Pizza Hut:
Doug Terfehr, 972-338-6992,
Doug.Terfehr@yum.com
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