BUSINESS RESEARCH METHODOLOGY
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
The research report includes my research about Pizza Hut to analyze the consumer behaviour and the preference towards a brand. In this research I conducted a customer analysis in which I asked the customers their preferences regarding their eating habits as well as factors that promote them to select a particular place for eating out. I also asked them their experiences in Pizza Hut, every time they visit. The factor which make pizza hut a choice of eating restaurant. Through this report I am studying the various variants offered by Pizza Hut and people’s liking towards the same.
INTRODUCTION TO BRAND Pizza Hut is one of the flagship brands of Yum! Restaurant Int. which also has KFC, Taco Bell, A&W and Long John Silver’s under its umbrella. It is the world’s largest pizza chain with over 12,500 restaurants across 91 countries.
Pizza Hut was started in 1958, by two brothers Frank and Dan Carney in Wichita, Kansas. They had the idea to open a pizza parlor. They borrowed $600 from their mother, and opened the very first Pizza Hut. In 1959, the first franchise unit opened in Topeka, Kansas. Almost ten years later, Pizza Hut was serving one million customers a week in their 310 locations. In 1970, Pizza Hut was put on the New York Stock Exchange under the ticker symbol PIZ.
In 1986, Pizza Hut introduced delivery service, something no other restaurant was doing. By the 1990's Pizza Hut sales had reached $4 billion worldwide. In 1998, Pizza Hut celebrated their 40th anniversary, and launched their famous campaign "The Best Pizzas under One Roof." In 1996, Pizza Hut sales in the United States were over $5 million.
The first Indian outlet was opened in June 1996 in Bangalore. In India, Pizza Hut has 139 restaurants across 36 cities. Pizza Hut has been voted the “best