Some Interesting Pizza Hut Facts Pizza Hut's 12,500 restaurants are spread across 88 countries, all 50 U.S. states and employs 250,000 people. Pizza Hut sells between 11 and 12 million pizzas per day. This is the largest company-owned restaurant chain in the world. Pizza Hut uses 3% of all milk production each year for cheese, 250,000 cows producing at fill capacity. Our History-Mythical and Actual 1957 Two brothers in Wichita, Kansas, Dan & Frank Caney are approached by a family friend about opening a pizzeria. 1958 Armed with $500 borrowed from their mother, the first restaurant is opened in Wichita, Kansas. Occupying a disused building with a slanting "hut" roof, the sign had space for only 8 letters. Dan's wife came up with the word "hut", that was the first Pizza Hut restaurant. 1966 Pizza Hut has grown to 145 restaurants and was in dire need of a head office which was opened in Wichita. 1968 Pizza Hut entered the national market with their first location in Canada. 1972 Pizza Hut listed on the stock exchange. 1974 Pizza Hut opens its 1400th unit. 1977 Super Supreme Pizza was introduced. 1983 Personal Pan Pizza was introduced with a 5 minute lunch guarantee which doubled the lunch crowd. 1984 There are now more Pizza Hut restaurants than hamburger restaurants in the US. 1990 Pizza Hut reaches 4 billion US dollars in sales. 1992 Pizza Hut redesigns boxes to save 275,000 trees per year. 1994 Pizza Hut opens a 9,700 square foot Super Pizza Hut in Mexico City. 1997 Pizza Hut St Maarten is the first location worldwide to introduce the new " Bistro Style". 1998 Pizza Hut opens its first restaurant in Suriname. Pizza Hut made the fastest delivery in history: 600 large pepperoni pizzas on a 24 hours flight to the US service personnel in Somalia.