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title: "QSR Magazine: Pizza Hut Donated Over 100 Million Pounds of Food"
url: https://burnaze.com/article/09ce8fb3-563e-4907-b5a6-96a8aeca3a53
source: "1851 Franchise"
original_url: https://1851franchise.com/qsr-magazine-pizza-hut-donated-over-100-million-pounds-of-food-2703153
category: "Pizza"
industry: "Restaurants"
segment: "Pizza"
published: 2017-06-29T13:08:04.000Z
modified: 2026-11-01T04:11:23.240Z
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# QSR Magazine: Pizza Hut Donated Over 100 Million Pounds of Food

**TL;DR:** Pizza Hut has donated over 100 million pounds of food to 2,500 organizations nationwide since 1992. The company partners with community-based hunger relief organizations to reduce food waste and donate to those in need.

*originally published in 1851 Franchise on 2017-06-29. [Read the original](https://1851franchise.com/qsr-magazine-pizza-hut-donated-over-100-million-pounds-of-food-2703153).*

## Story

In an effort to reduce food waste and donate to those in need, Pizza Hut has continued to partner with community-based hunger relief organizations nationwide since 1992. According to a recent QSR Magazine article, the pizza chain has now donated over 100 million pounds of food to 2,500 organizations.

With an estimate of 30 to 40 percent of food being wasted and 12 percent of Americans facing food insecurity, Pizza Hut decided to step in and donate surplus pizza and pasta from mistake orders and no-show customers.

“Pizza Hut led the charge,” said Bill Reighard, former Pizza Hut executive and Food Donation Connection founder. “It’s wonderful to celebrate this milestone and to recognize that the Pizza Hut commitment still inspires other big brands, as well as independent restaurants, to fight food waste and feed people in need in their communities.”

## Entities

- 1851 Franchise (publication)
- Restaurants (sector)
- QSR Magazine (publication)
- Pizza Hut (company)
- food donation (topic)
- hunger relief (topic)
- food waste reduction (topic)

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Originally reported by 1851 Franchise (https://1851franchise.com/qsr-magazine-pizza-hut-donated-over-100-million-pounds-of-food-2703153). Summarized by Burnaze (https://burnaze.com/article/09ce8fb3-563e-4907-b5a6-96a8aeca3a53).