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title: "Yum! Brands Keeps Pizza Hut NZ"
url: https://burnaze.com/article/206cf67b-d1d9-4e0d-bbcf-fb8aff5b4cd7
source: "Global Franchise"
original_url: https://www.global-franchise.com/news/yum-brands-keeps-pizza-hut-nz
author: "Global Franchise Team"
category: "Pizza"
industry: "Restaurants"
segment: "Pizza"
published: 2018-06-13T09:56:00.000Z
modified: 2026-11-01T22:32:58.651Z
image: https://images.unsplash.com/photo-1561758033-d89a9ad46330?w=1600&q=80&auto=format&fit=crop
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# Yum! Brands Keeps Pizza Hut NZ

**TL;DR:** Yum! Brands has signed a 10-year master franchise agreement with Restaurant Brands New Zealand for the continued operation of Pizza Hut in New Zealand. Restaurant Brands New Zealand is the country's largest fast-food operator, with brands including KFC, Pizza Hut, Starbucks Coffee, and Carl's Jr.

*By Global Franchise Team, originally published in Global Franchise on 2018-06-13. [Read the original](https://www.global-franchise.com/news/yum-brands-keeps-pizza-hut-nz).*

## Story

Restaurant Brands New Zealand has inked a ten year master franchise agreement with Yum! Brands for the continued operation of the Pizza Hut brand in New Zealand.

Louisville, Kentucky-based Yum! Brands owns the Pizza Hut, KFC and Taco Bell brands and is the world’s largest fast-food restaurant company. In New Zealand, Restaurant Brands is the country’s largest fast-food operator with the KFC, Pizza Hut, Starbucks Coffee and Carl’s Jr brands.

In recent years it has been selling its regional and lower volume Pizza Hut stores to independent franchisees and at the end of the company’s first quarter it owned 33 Pizza Hut stores in New Zealand, with 65 operated by independent franchisees, bringing the total network to 98 stores.

## Entities

- Restaurants (sector)
- Global Franchise (publication)
- international expansion (topic)
- Taco Bell (company)
- Starbucks (company)
- KFC (company)
- Pizza Hut (company)
- James Fell (person)
- Yum Brands (company)
- qsr industry (topic)
- master franchise agreement (topic)
- Carl's Jr. (company)

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Originally reported by Global Franchise Team, Global Franchise (https://www.global-franchise.com/news/yum-brands-keeps-pizza-hut-nz). Summarized by Burnaze (https://burnaze.com/article/206cf67b-d1d9-4e0d-bbcf-fb8aff5b4cd7).