Pizza Hut is closing lots of of “underperforming” places nationwide, based on mum or dad firm Yum Manufacturers, which reported fourth-quarter 2025 earnings on Wednesday.
The corporate stated it would shutter about 3% of Pizza Hut’s U.S. places, or some 250 places within the first six months of 2026, because the fast-causal chain struggles amid competition from Domino’s Pizza and an total decline in retailer gross sales and client demand.
Quick Firm has reached out to Pizza Hut for an inventory of places that might be closing.
Globally, Pizza Hut opened greater than 440 new eating places within the fourth quarter of 2025 and practically 1,200 eating places in all of 2025, in 65 nations.
Taco Bell gross sales soar
Yum Manufacturers reported combined fourth-quarter outcomes for 2025, with income coming in at $2.51 billion, beating expectations of $2.45 billion. It missed on earnings per share (EPS), which got here in at $1.73 adjusted, in comparison with an anticipated $1.77.
Not like Pizza Hut, Taco Bell and KFC confirmed sturdy gross sales progress, with Taco Bell’s same-store sales up 7% for the quarter. In the meantime, KFC’s same-store gross sales have been up about 1%, and it hit “an unbelievable milestone in opening its 30,000th worldwide restaurant,” based on the corporate’s earnings name.
“Yum delivered one other yr of excellent outcomes at KFC and Taco Bell, with our fundamentals stronger than ever at each manufacturers,” CEO Chris Turner stated in an earnings release. “We enter 2026 with a transparent strategic concentrate on accelerating long-term progress, embodied in our multi-year ‘Increase the Bar’ [initiative] priorities.”
Shares of Yum Manufacturers (NYSE: YUM) have been buying and selling down lower than 1% in afternoon buying and selling on Wednesday, and have jumped 6% thus far this yr.
