How Pizza Hut Abandoned the Red Roof and Lost Its Soul #174

This week, Harley and Big Lynch break down the slow death of Pizza Hut and why Yum! Brands is now trying to offload them for $3.5 billion. Big Lynch delivers a full PREsentation on how a $600 loan from the Carney brothers' mom in 1958 turned into the world's #1 pizza chain before losing to Dominos. The boys reminisce about pebbled red cups, Tiffany lamps, X-Men VHS giveaways, Pizza Pete, the salad bar, the dessert pizza buffet, and Harley's grade 11 era of partying inside a closed Pizza Hut. They get into the 2008 Pasta Hut rebrand, why Pizza Hut tried to delete the word "pizza" from its own name in 2009, the Chinese Salad Tower scandal, the 2018 Domino's takeover, how the buffet got killed in 2014, why the Red Roof concept is officially "retired" per Pizza Hut's own filings, the Pizza Hut Classic remodel program, and why Yum! Brands now reports earnings "excluding Pizza Hut." Plus: the Domino's CEO saying the vibes are bad, a Wetzel's x Cold Stone co-branded location tease, why Donnie keeps ghosting the pod, and so much more. New episodes of Double Dusted Discussion every Monday. Tell us what you think at r/EpicMealTimeMake sure to subscribe and follow the podcast. New episodes every Monday! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices