Pizza Hut reaches 11,000th restaurant milestone with recent launch in Dubai

Pizza Hut, the world’s largest pizza restaurant company, has celebrated its 11,000th international restaurant opening alongside its franchise partner Americana. The brand’s 11,000th restaurant has been opened in Dubai.

Located at Dubai Creek Harbour, Pizza Hut’s new restaurant will offer dine-in, carry-out, and delivery, with an open kitchen allowing pizza fans to watch their pies being made.

Pizza Hut now has 112 restaurants in the UAE alone, with local franchise partner Americana once more working alongside the American food giants.

Vipul Chawla, President of Pizza Hut International, said, “As the world’s favorite pizza, we are focussed on delivering the easiest, fastest and tastiest pizza experience to our customers. We have a great partner in Americana bringing this vision to life in UAE with the opening of the 11,000th international Pizza Hut at a truly landmark location.”

Amarpal Sandhu, Chief Operating Officer (Restaurants), Americana, added, “We are privileged to be part of this momentous occasion. Pizza Hut is an undisputed leader in its category in both the UAE and the Middle East region. We’ve come a long way since the first restaurant opening in Abu Dhabi 30 years ago and what better way to celebrate than with a milestone 11,000th opening in the dynamic city of Dubai.”

Americana is operating 1,900 restaurants with more than 40,000 employees in 13 markets across MENA and beyond.