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title: "Restaurant News: Pizza Hut Commits to Antibiotic-Free Chicken Ambition"
url: https://burnaze.com/article/483c9f73-7aed-48e5-a0e8-3b0e713e7795
source: "1851 Franchise"
original_url: https://1851franchise.com/restaurant-news-pizza-hut-commits-to-antibiotic-free-chicken-ambition-2706942
category: "Pizza"
industry: "Restaurants"
segment: "Pizza"
published: 2018-06-22T18:13:26.000Z
modified: 2026-11-01T04:09:19.420Z
image: https://newimage.1851franchise.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=85,format=webp,width=1280,height=720/story/featureImage/c5488411bd41e76453c73d8c1b83a2744018.jpg
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# Restaurant News: Pizza Hut Commits to Antibiotic-Free Chicken Ambition

**TL;DR:** Pizza Hut commits to phasing out chicken raised with antibiotics from its supply chain by 2022. The company services 7,500+ locations within the U.S.

*originally published in 1851 Franchise on 2018-06-22. [Read the original](https://1851franchise.com/restaurant-news-pizza-hut-commits-to-antibiotic-free-chicken-ambition-2706942).*

## Story

According to Nation's Restaurant News, Pizza Hut is set to fully phase out chicken raised with antibiotics from is supply chain by 2022. Currently, Pizza Hut services 7,500+ locations within the U.S. and supports wing sales through their sister brand, WingStreet, in every location.

Chief brand officer for Pizza Hut, Marianne Radley, announced the decision on June 20.

"The decision to no longer serve chicken raised with antibiotics by 2022 demonstrates our commitment to serve food that not only tastes great but that customers can feel good about eating," she said

The shift to antibiotic-free meats has become a popular movement within the fast-casual industry and consumers can expect to witness other restaurants to follow Pizza Hut’s lead.

## Entities

- 1851 Franchise (publication)
- Restaurants (sector)
- Nation's Restaurant News (publication)
- Pizza Hut (company)
- supply chain (topic)
- fast casual industry (topic)
- Marianne Radley (person)
- antibiotic free chicken (topic)

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Originally reported by 1851 Franchise (https://1851franchise.com/restaurant-news-pizza-hut-commits-to-antibiotic-free-chicken-ambition-2706942). Summarized by Burnaze (https://burnaze.com/article/483c9f73-7aed-48e5-a0e8-3b0e713e7795).