There was a Pizza Hut like 45kms away from me that was getting like 4-5 star reviews and it turns out the old Greek franchise owner (for some reason) really cared about his Pizza Hut's reputation and worked tirelessly on making it clean and enjoyable for families to dine in at (???) to the point where it was detrimentental of other Pizzas Hut. Like people in my area were checking out this mysterious 4.2/5 rated Pizza Hut 45km away instead of the one 2km away with a solid 3/5 rating.

My old housemate asked if I wanted to go on a 90km round trip to visit this Pizza Hut for lunch, and so I went to check it out and the old guy was cleaning windows after he served us. Shit that would be delegated to high schoolers at other fast food restauranrs. After he retired in 2018, the new owners ran it into the ground in less than a year and I think the building is a Guzman y Gomez today.

The only other Pizzas Hut I've seen that are busy with dine in are back home in China

[–] huf@hexbear.net 13 points 4 days ago

Pizzas Hut

like some fancy french word. i'm dying.

[–] Krem@hexbear.net 10 points 4 days ago (1 children)

pizza huts in china are cool, they're like chain family restaurants with seafood pasta and steak, nice sit down areas. the market for cheap takeout american pizz is already saturated by domestic brands like the elephant one (champion?) so pizza hut pivoted another way i guess

i haven't seen a pizza hut in the west in a long time, but in taiwan they (and dominos) are always hole-in-the-wall delivery places on like some shitty side street, while in the mainland pizza huts are on the first floor of shopping malls next to SStarbuchenwalds Coffee

anyway im-vegan so i don't eat that garbage and stay away from foreign corporations

[–] CloutAtlas@hexbear.net 3 points 4 days ago

Just had a look, the nearest 3 Pizzas Hut to me do not have a dine in area. The old Greek guy's Pizza Hut with the classic Pizza Hut roof in a standalone building truly was a critically endangered subspecies.

I wonder if he would have been more successful if opened any other form of restaurant, he seemed to genuinely derive pride from his Pizza Hut and it's cleanliness and efficiency. I've definitely worked for dodgier restaurant owners with way more financial success.