No more Pizza Hut

Redz · 6 Oct 2008 at 18:52

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/3145545/Pizza-Hut-to-become-Pasta-Hut.html

Well at least it's not greasy kebab hut.

iviv · 6 Oct 2008 at 18:55

What?!?

But Pizza Hut supports the rebellion!

Cob · 6 Oct 2008 at 18:56

It's just a publicity stunt. It'll be back to Pizza Hut by Xmas.

gumbald · 6 Oct 2008 at 18:56

Fo' reel?

daz · 6 Oct 2008 at 18:58

Pizza Express > Pizza Hut

the shadow · 6 Oct 2008 at 18:58

Making me hungy now

Pilky01 · 6 Oct 2008 at 18:58

Pasta hut is a rubbishy name.

fini · 6 Oct 2008 at 19:01

Cob said:
It's just a publicity stunt. It'll be back to Pizza Hut by Xmas.

I disagree. It IS a publicity stunt, but it'll stay as it is IMHO. The idiots in marketing were thinking 'hmm pizza is seen as unhealthy..but that's what we sell what can we do?? Ah ha! Ice cream hut! Oh no wait that's worse... erm Salad Bar Hut.. yeh that's brilliant really great, nice and healthy, but wait actually we don't sell that much salad..hmm pasta hut it is then!'

It's their attempt to seem healthy when they're clearly not. It worked for McDonalds though...

Hxc · 6 Oct 2008 at 19:01

daz said:
Pizza Express > Pizza Hut

By such a great margin it isn't funny.

They cost about the same as well. Can't understand why people go to Pizza Hut.

fini · 6 Oct 2008 at 19:03

Pizza Express = nice meal to spend lunch time chatting over
Pizza Hut = OMG I'm hungry yet we're watching a film in 35 minutes quick get the buffet and eat half of the kitchen.

Clipsey · 6 Oct 2008 at 19:06

It will revert back to Pizza Hut - besides they are only changing the name of 35 restaurants. They have been selling the pasta dishes over here for a while now, not tried them yet "3lbs of pasta delivered for $12" lol

Steve2000 · 6 Oct 2008 at 19:06

As part of the revamp, the chain is temporarily naming 30 of its branches Pasta Hut.

Temporarily. And it's only 30 restaurants. No cause for concern here.

Cob · 6 Oct 2008 at 19:08

fini said:
I disagree. It IS a publicity stunt, but it'll stay as it is IMHO. The idiots in marketing were thinking 'hmm pizza is seen as unhealthy..but that's what we sell what can we do?? Ah ha! Ice cream hut! Oh no wait that's worse... erm Salad Bar Hut.. yeh that's brilliant really great, nice and healthy, but wait actually we don't sell that much salad..hmm pasta hut it is then!'

Pasta is around 3 or 4 per cent of our sales.

They don't sell a lot of pasta either...

St0rmer66 · 6 Oct 2008 at 19:09

Martin said:
Brilliant ! "Pasta is 3 to 4 percent of our sales, lets call it pasta hut" Apparently BP (British Petroleum) are changing their name to BQ (Barbeque Charcoal)

That comment at the bottom made me chuckle

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Andypandy333 · 6 Oct 2008 at 19:09

Think I might get a Past Hut tonight

Energize · 6 Oct 2008 at 19:10

Why do companies even have marketing departments when they are so utterly useless? I mean they still think that advertising on the tv works.

Greenlizard0 · 6 Oct 2008 at 19:11

Pizza Hut's horrible - they spray oil onto freshly done pizzas.

Peter Diffey · 6 Oct 2008 at 19:15

The re-naming is for a trial period only and customers can offer their thoughts on the new-look restaurants at Pastahut.co.uk.

Mad_Jay · 6 Oct 2008 at 19:15

Greenlizard0 said:
Pizza Hut's horrible - they spray oil onto freshly done pizzas.

Indeed, when I used to work there the whole "You get a free pizza on your break :cool:

" feeling soon became a "Ewww I'm not eating that ****" feeling.

I ended up going to the Asda down the road and getting something else.

All the pastas come frozen and pre-mixed in a takeaway style foil package and are horrible anyway.

fini · 6 Oct 2008 at 19:16

Cob said:
They don't sell a lot of pasta either...

Well yes, but it was either those two choices or Diet Coke Hut.