Worst decisions done by companies...

Basher · 6 Sep 2010 at 15:48

Amp34 said:
I agree. Pizza Express IMO is a cheap and nasty immitation of Pizza Hut.

Really? Even though Pizza Express make proper pizza's using real ingredients (e.g. not spray on garlic).

Nexus · 6 Sep 2010 at 16:01

To say that Pizza Express is the same or worse than Pizza Hut is ludicrous and you can't have actually eaten at one!

I once went to Pizza Hut and the jacket potato skins we had as a starter were still frozen! As they clearly just popped them in an oven and that was that!

As I pointed out earlier in this thread to those who haven't read it.
Pizza Hut hasn't made a profit in the UK since 2006... so the campaign certainly didn't do them any favors... not to mention, had it improved things, I'm sure they would have kept 'Pasta Hut' re-branding at some of their stores... since they didn't, it was pretty much a failure.

Tummy · 6 Sep 2010 at 16:04

Nexus said:
To say that Pizza Express is the same or worse than Pizza Hut is ludicrous and you can't have actually eaten at one!

I once went to Pizza Hut and the jacket potato skins we had as a starter were still frozen! As they clearly just popped them in an oven and that was that!

As I pointed out earlier in this thread to those who haven't read it.
Pizza Hut hasn't made a profit in the UK since 2006... so the campaign certainly didn't do them any favors... not to mention, had it improved things, I'm sure they would have kept 'Pasta Hut' re-branding at some of their stores... since they didn't, it was pretty much a failure.

I wasn't aware they did Potato skins.

Pizza Hut is still the worlds biggest pizza chain?

They can't be doing much wrong :confused:

It wasn't a rebrand? Just an advertising campgain?

Fr0dders · 6 Sep 2010 at 16:13

as much as people slate pizza hut etc.. i still like them. Their cheesy bites are to do die for !

Basher · 6 Sep 2010 at 16:21

Tummy said:
I wasn't aware they did Potato skins.

Pizza Hut is still the worlds biggest pizza chain?

They can't be doing much wrong

Pizza Hut UK hasn't made a profit since 2006

soundb0y · 6 Sep 2010 at 16:22

David Dixon, a horse trainer from High Seaton in Cumbria became a national hero overnight by kidnapping a Hoover van. To add insult to injury, the washing machine he'd bought to get the flights had broken down.

Haha

Pestilence · 6 Sep 2010 at 16:28

Nexus said:
I once went to Pizza Hut and the jacket potato skins we had as a starter were still frozen! As they clearly just popped them in an oven and that was that!

I used to work for them about 10 years ago, and you're right - pretty much everything apart from the pizzas is frozen.

The ovens have a door midway along the conveyor. Some starters/sides taken one full run to defrost/cook, some take half a run (like garlic bread).

The pasta dishes are frozen in takeaway style packaging. You open them, dump it upside down into a lasagne dish, sprinkle some cheese on the top and off it goes for 1 and a half trips through the conveyor oven.