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Pizza Hut Triples Branches

Pizza Hut Ethiopia has launched its third outlet in Addis Abeba.

Pizza Hut Triples Branches

Pizza Hut Ethiopia has launched its third outlet in Addis Abeba, this one entirely run by women. The joint venture franchise agreement between YUM! Restaurants International and Belayab Foods Production Plc opened the new Pizza Hut branch in Century Mall around Gurd Shola. The restaurant has a capacity of serving 140 people at once. In 2017 Belayab Foods reached an agreement with YUM! Restaurants International to open the first Pizza Hut in Addis Abeba. Since then Belayab Foods has opened branches in Bole and in the CMC area. Pizza Hut is a worldwide franchise with more than 17,000 locations in 120 countries.

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