Pizza Hut is SOLD.................to China

[LibertyWeeps]

Pizza Hut Asia is sold to China.

• Buyer: Yum China Holdings, a separate, independent restaurant company.
• Purchase Price: Approximately $1.2 billion.
• Context: Unlike the struggling U.S. business, the Pizza Hut brand in China has experienced strong sales and steady growth, making it a lucrative asset for Yum China

And supposedly Pizza Hut America and Pizza Hut International is sold to LongRange Capital.

LongRange Capital is a private equity firm founded by Robert (Bob) Berlin that specializes in long-term middle-market investments. Unlike traditional private equity funds, it implements a highly flexible, extended hold period (8-10+ years) and invests $50 million to $400 million per transaction to acquire control or minority stakes.

I couldn't find anyone listed online that owns or has parts of LongRange Capital, so it must still be an American company. Lets hope.

My question is..........if the Chinese Pizza Huts are outdoing the US.......WHY sell it? Doesn't make sense.

 

[excalibur]

LongRange Capital is American-owned.

 

[my2¢]

Yesterday I learned of the deal and also that Fox is buying Roku.

When I heard about the Pizza Hut deal, I wondered if LongRange Capital will be the nail in the coffin for the restaurant. So many of these deals end up with the bought company being loaded with so much additional debt that after a few years it becomes helplessness.

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[1srelluc]

Good, maybe they will tear down that defunct one that has been sitting empty in my town for 20-odd years.

 

[Eman623]

Pizza hut in China is considered fine dining. In America it's like 1 step above Little Caesers

 

[OKTexas]

Pizza Hut Asia is sold to China.

• Buyer: Yum China Holdings, a separate, independent restaurant company.
• Purchase Price: Approximately $1.2 billion.
• Context: Unlike the struggling U.S. business, the Pizza Hut brand in China has experienced strong sales and steady growth, making it a lucrative asset for Yum China

And supposedly Pizza Hut America and Pizza Hut International is sold to LongRange Capital.

LongRange Capital is a private equity firm founded by Robert (Bob) Berlin that specializes in long-term middle-market investments. Unlike traditional private equity funds, it implements a highly flexible, extended hold period (8-10+ years) and invests $50 million to $400 million per transaction to acquire control or minority stakes.

I couldn't find anyone listed online that owns or has parts of LongRange Capital, so it must still be an American company. Lets hope.

My question is..........if the Chinese Pizza Huts are outdoing the US.......WHY sell it? Doesn't make sense.

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Here's more:

Yum Brands Slices Up Pizza Hut in $2.7 Billion Sale

Unlike KFC and Taco Bell, the latter of which is on a Diablo Sauce-level hot streak, Pizza Hut's revenue and profit figures declined in 2025.

finance.yahoo.com

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[Moonglow]

In the US, Pizza Hut shut down its in-store dining experience during the pandemic, and most stayed closed...Domino's beat them out on delivery.

 

[petro]

The Pizza Hut that was near us before it closed, ironically became a Chinese buffet.

Pizza Hut has been on the decline for years.

 

[White 6]

Pizza Hut Asia is sold to China.

• Buyer: Yum China Holdings, a separate, independent restaurant company.
• Purchase Price: Approximately $1.2 billion.
• Context: Unlike the struggling U.S. business, the Pizza Hut brand in China has experienced strong sales and steady growth, making it a lucrative asset for Yum China

And supposedly Pizza Hut America and Pizza Hut International is sold to LongRange Capital.

LongRange Capital is a private equity firm founded by Robert (Bob) Berlin that specializes in long-term middle-market investments. Unlike traditional private equity funds, it implements a highly flexible, extended hold period (8-10+ years) and invests $50 million to $400 million per transaction to acquire control or minority stakes.

I couldn't find anyone listed online that owns or has parts of LongRange Capital, so it must still be an American company. Lets hope.

My question is..........if the Chinese Pizza Huts are outdoing the US.......WHY sell it? Doesn't make sense.

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Yum China Holdings is a publicly traded corporation, whose largest ownership is by Ishares, managed by Blackrock. So, at least it wasn't purchased by government of China, which is how your thread title made it sound.
Yum China holdings has a variety of "American" restaurant brands.
I have no stock in any of the above, that I am aware of. I simply hope they do not change the pizza, as PizzaHut, is my favorite national brand.

 

[White 6]

In the US, Pizza Hut shut down its in-store dining experience during the pandemic, and most stayed closed...Domino's beat them out on delivery.

I hate Domino's Pizza, as it sucks, in my opinion. I did use it, back as a scout leader, as it was the low price leader at the time, and price really matters when managing troop/pack funds. But, I didn't eat much of it, the scouts didn't seem to know the difference, and the parents liked my money management, in general.

 

[Moonglow]

I hate Domino's Pizza, as it sucks, in my opinion. I did use it, back as a scout leader, as it was the low price leader at the time, and price really matters when managing troop/pack funds. But, I didn't eat much of it, the scouts didn't seem to know the difference, and the parents liked my money management, in general.

I was in the army, and Domino's was the only option on base to get food later than 6 pm. That was the 1980s, and they sucked then too.

 

[Admiral Rockwell Tory]

Bullshit

Pizza Hut Asia is sold to China.

• Buyer: Yum China Holdings, a separate, independent restaurant company.
• Purchase Price: Approximately $1.2 billion.
• Context: Unlike the struggling U.S. business, the Pizza Hut brand in China has experienced strong sales and steady growth, making it a lucrative asset for Yum China

And supposedly Pizza Hut America and Pizza Hut International is sold to LongRange Capital.

LongRange Capital is a private equity firm founded by Robert (Bob) Berlin that specializes in long-term middle-market investments. Unlike traditional private equity funds, it implements a highly flexible, extended hold period (8-10+ years) and invests $50 million to $400 million per transaction to acquire control or minority stakes.

I couldn't find anyone listed online that owns or has parts of LongRange Capital, so it must still be an American company. Lets hope.

My question is..........if the Chinese Pizza Huts are outdoing the US.......WHY sell it? Doesn't make sense.

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Bullshit!
Yum China Holdings (YUMC) is paying about $1.2B in cash to acquire full ownership of the Pizza Hut brand and business in Mainland China from Yum Brands (YUM), shifting from being a licensee to the direct brand owner in that market. The acquisition is part of Yum Brands’ broader $2.7B sale of Pizza Hut globally, under which private equity firm LongRange Capital is buying the rest of the chain while Yum China takes the mainland China operations.

https://seekingalpha.com/news/4604123-analysts-see-upside-for-yum-china-after-pizza-hut-deal

That is means Yum China is buying the Pizza Hut operations in China. It has zero to do with Pizza Hut in the US. Some of you need some serious reading remediation.

 

[Moonglow]

Bullshit

Bullshit!
Yum China Holdings (YUMC) is paying about $1.2B in cash to acquire full ownership of the Pizza Hut brand and business in Mainland China from Yum Brands (YUM), shifting from being a licensee to the direct brand owner in that market. The acquisition is part of Yum Brands’ broader $2.7B sale of Pizza Hut globally, under which private equity firm LongRange Capital is buying the rest of the chain while Yum China takes the mainland China operations.

https://seekingalpha.com/news/4604123-analysts-see-upside-for-yum-china-after-pizza-hut-deal

That is means Yum China is buying the Pizza Hut operations in China. It has zero to do with Pizza Hut in the US. Some of you need some serious reading remediation.

I don't think they read more than one paragraph when posting.

 

[White 6]

I was in the army, and Domino's was the only option on base to get food later than 6 pm. That was the 1980s, and they sucked then too.

Does that mean they had contracts with AAFES or that they simply delivered on post?
We both are well aware AAFES is not known for fine dining, anywhere on the planet, though sometimes overseas, it is a comfort to get somewhat American tasting fast food, but rarely as good as the mess hall, and you know the quality of that, at times.

 

[Moonglow]

Does that mean they had contracts with AAFES or that they simply delivered on post?
We both are well aware AAFES is not known for fine dining, anywhere on the planet, though sometimes overseas, it is a comfort to get somewhat American tasting fast food, but rarely as good as the mess hall, and you know the quality of that, at times.

They delivered on post, this was before they let any commercial operations on bases. The only time the chow got better was during the shortage of cooks in the Army, they were getting 20k enlistment bonuses. I got a lousy 2k for being a missile tech. and repairman. The chow got better because they hired Korean girls to do the cooking.

 

[White 6]

They delivered on post, this was before they let any commercial operations on bases. The only time the chow got better was during the shortage of cooks in the Army, they were getting 20k enlistment bonuses. I got a lousy 2k for being a missile tech. and repairman. The chow got better because they hired Korean girls to do the cooking.

I had multiple mess teams here, stateside that were very good. Overseas, I ran no mess teams and most of my overseas duty was on some type of special operation, getting special rations, much not cooked/prepared by actual military mess teams, so the 31 day master menu was out the window, I think along with the army cookbook.

 

[JGalt]

Why do I suddenly have a taste for a General Tso's Szechwan chicken pizza?

 

[Unkotare]

Yesterday I learned of the deal and also that Fox is buying Roku.

Fox is buying the number 6?

 

[egp320i]

Pizza Hut Asia is sold to China.

• Buyer: Yum China Holdings, a separate, independent restaurant company.
• Purchase Price: Approximately $1.2 billion.
• Context: Unlike the struggling U.S. business, the Pizza Hut brand in China has experienced strong sales and steady growth, making it a lucrative asset for Yum China

And supposedly Pizza Hut America and Pizza Hut International is sold to LongRange Capital.

LongRange Capital is a private equity firm founded by Robert (Bob) Berlin that specializes in long-term middle-market investments. Unlike traditional private equity funds, it implements a highly flexible, extended hold period (8-10+ years) and invests $50 million to $400 million per transaction to acquire control or minority stakes.

I couldn't find anyone listed online that owns or has parts of LongRange Capital, so it must still be an American company. Lets hope.

My question is..........if the Chinese Pizza Huts are outdoing the US.......WHY sell it? Doesn't make sense.

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4x the population........everybody loves pizza

the hut needs to go back to good pan pizza like they once did

they now complete against little ceasars and dominoes who use low grade
ingredients, make fast and hot lamp, stick in a box to deliver

that's not pizza anymore

It's red baron and tony's cooked for you and brought to your door......nothing else

you pay....sub par pizza you can't, too lazy to cook yourself for 4x the price

 

[g5000]

My question is..........if the Chinese Pizza Huts are outdoing the US.......WHY sell it? Doesn't make sense.

Yum China is an independent division of Yum! Brands. Did you not notice the similarities in their corporate names?

Basically, Yum! Brands sold its profitable Chinese stores to itself, and pawned their unprofitable US stores to a private equity firm.

Things never end well when they are acquired by private equity.

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