Pizza Hut's popularity declining in U.S - Page 2

Wingnut · 08-11-2014, 03:32 PM

I'm surprised Domino's hasn't usurped them yet, figured that'd be a lock. No one in my area has bought Pizza Hut with any regularity since they started offering pasta delivery/carry-out way back when. That seems to be the last "edge" they had on the competition....Then Domino's breadbowl pasta crapped on the parade.

*Powder* · 08-11-2014, 04:12 PM

It's the new TMNT promo causing people to lose their appetite.

*CyberCubed* · 08-11-2014, 10:31 PM

I always figured these brands lose business to the individually owned pizza place take-outs, not that they were all competing against each other.

I mean you can just go to the pizza place down the block and get a pie, how often are you going to eat at a restaurant for pizza?

*Slade* · 08-11-2014, 10:33 PM

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Originally Posted by CyberCubed

I always figured these brands lose business to the individually owned pizza place take-outs, not that they were all competing against each other.

I mean you can just go to the pizza place down the block and get a pie, how often are you going to eat at a restaurant for pizza?

Not here you can't.

*MsMarvelDuckie* · 08-11-2014, 11:25 PM

They aren't losing any business HERE, that's for sure. Aside from a couple of local places and Cici's, it's the ONLY major pizza place in town, and the only chain with delivery in our area. They make bank in our town. The town my grandmother lives in doesn't have any other pizza places but Pizza Hut, either, so I'm guessing they make more money in small towns where they can be the only game in town. (Incidentally, I am all too familiar with the price-changing at Mc'D's, among other issues with that company- I just quit my job there to go work at my local Taco Bell instead. I got tired of the store getting jerked around by the new owners of our franchise.)

*CyberCubed* · 08-12-2014, 12:22 AM

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Originally Posted by Raph_tha_Dude

Not here you can't.

There are no regular privately owned pizza places in your neighborhood? Aside from the people who live in the sticks in the middle of nowhere, there is usually one of those everywhere, just like 7/11's and McDonalds.

*Slade* · 08-12-2014, 12:26 AM

Not everyone lives in a city. We also don't have 7/11's.

~~Leo656~~ · 08-12-2014, 01:36 AM

Tell me you at least have a f***ing WaWa, bro.

I doubt it. Only the blessed get to have WaWa.

Fortunately... there's a bunch of 'em over here.

I feel kinda spoiled now, the nearest Pizza Hut's about a half hour away, but we're in the outskirts of the suburbs and we still have about a dozen pizza places within five minutes of us. One is literally right across the street.

All this bounty... and I don't particularly care for pizza. Wish you were here, dawg.

*Netkeeper* · 08-12-2014, 02:34 AM

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Originally Posted by CyberCubed

There are no regular privately owned pizza places in your neighborhood? Aside from the people who live in the sticks in the middle of nowhere, there is usually one of those everywhere, just like 7/11's and McDonalds.

There's no McDonald's in my town. All we have is DQ, Subway, and Sonic.

*Mayhem* · 08-12-2014, 05:19 AM

At least you have a Sonic, that's some comfort. Where I usually visit in the US, don't tend to be there.

*Slade* · 08-12-2014, 08:17 AM

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Originally Posted by Leo656

Tell me you at least have a f***ing WaWa, bro.

I doubt it. Only the blessed get to have WaWa.

Fortunately... there's a bunch of 'em over here.

I feel kinda spoiled now, the nearest Pizza Hut's about a half hour away, but we're in the outskirts of the suburbs and we still have about a dozen pizza places within five minutes of us. One is literally right across the street.

All this bounty... and I don't particularly care for pizza. Wish you were here, dawg.

Ha, man I've never even heard of WaWa..

*Netkeeper* · 08-12-2014, 10:58 AM

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Originally Posted by Mayhem

At least you have a Sonic, that's some comfort. Where I usually visit in the US, don't tend to be there.

Both it and DQ are all over the place in the part of Texas I live in, so it's no real accomplishment!

*Mayhem* · 08-12-2014, 11:26 AM

Yeah, Sonic and DQ don't exist on the east coast! I've been to DQ when in Illinois though.

*Netkeeper* · 08-12-2014, 11:34 AM

Wow, that's really weird. Sonic always had a "New York" kind of feel to it, to me.

*Cure* · 08-12-2014, 11:36 AM

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Originally Posted by Mayhem

Yeah, Sonic and DQ don't exist on the east coast! I've been to DQ when in Illinois though.

Uh, yes they do. I'm in NJ 10 minutes from a Sonic and 20 from a Dairy Queen. Those aren't the only ones, either.

~~Leo656~~ · 08-12-2014, 01:09 PM

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Originally Posted by Raph_tha_Dude

Ha, man I've never even heard of WaWa..

It's like a NJ 7-11 except the hot dogs won't give you the drizzling sh*ts.. Actually more an East Coast thing in general, but my friends in NY and Florida tell me there's more of them in NJ. I'unno how true that is. I'm two minutes from one, it's great.

And yeah, we got a couple Sonics and DQs. I think I"m the same distance as Cure from them, give or take. I live literally, like, dead center bullseye of NJ. Pretty sure I've been by those exact ones a few times. I only hit either of them once in my life, though, but I go by them all the time going to shows. They're alright.

How about Checkers? Anybody got a Checkers close by?

*Cure* · 08-12-2014, 01:28 PM

I have a few Checkers near me, too. You know you're in the hood when you see one. Like Newark.

~~Leo656~~ · 08-12-2014, 01:30 PM

Heck yeah. The place I used to work had the furniture moving contract for the Newark school system, we used to pass by those but nobody ever wanted to stop and eat there. That's the driver's call and they'd usually wait until they hit a McDonald's.

*BubblyShell22* · 08-12-2014, 03:12 PM

Up here, it's called Rally's instead of Checkers. There used to be one in La Porte, IN, but I think that one closed down.

And the only reason I know about Wawa is from the Pretty Little Liars books where they'd mention it.

Wingnut · 08-12-2014, 03:59 PM

Kum n Go is the dominant convenient store around here. Yes, that's the real name. Use to be Git n Go way back when, before they were bought out.

I love how someone renamed the entire franchise "Kum n Go" either as a (not so) tongue-in-cheek joke, or they're the most oblivious person in the business world. There's really no middle ground

08-11-2014, 03:32 PM	#21
Wingnut Mad Scientist Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: Pao Pao Café Posts: 1,264	I'm surprised Domino's hasn't usurped them yet, figured that'd be a lock. No one in my area has bought Pizza Hut with any regularity since they started offering pasta delivery/carry-out way back when. That seems to be the last "edge" they had on the competition....Then Domino's breadbowl pasta crapped on the parade. __________________ "I'll be what I wanna do."

08-11-2014, 11:25 PM	#25
MsMarvelDuckie I Married a Duck! Join Date: Jan 2013 Location: The bowels of Hell, Texas(otherwise known as Decatur) Posts: 8,773	They aren't losing any business HERE, that's for sure. Aside from a couple of local places and Cici's, it's the ONLY major pizza place in town, and the only chain with delivery in our area. They make bank in our town. The town my grandmother lives in doesn't have any other pizza places but Pizza Hut, either, so I'm guessing they make more money in small towns where they can be the only game in town. (Incidentally, I am all too familiar with the price-changing at Mc'D's, among other issues with that company- I just quit my job there to go work at my local Taco Bell instead. I got tired of the store getting jerked around by the new owners of our franchise.) __________________ "You IDIOTS! You've captured their STUNT doubles!" -from "Spaceballs" "Where Science ends, magic begins." -Spiral, Uncanny X-Men #491 My various stories and fan-fics are now here- https://m.fanfiction.net/u/4770494/#end

08-12-2014, 12:26 AM	#27
Slade god status Join Date: Mar 2012 Location: Louisiana Posts: 3,291	Not everyone lives in a city. We also don't have 7/11's. __________________ Do not concern yourself with what I've already done: rather tremble at the thought of what I am about to do. Everyone has a plan 'till they get punched in the mouth. http://forums.thetechnodrome.com/showthread.php?t=48140

08-12-2014, 05:19 AM	#30
Mayhem Foot Elite Join Date: Jan 2012 Location: London, England Posts: 4,086	At least you have a Sonic, that's some comfort. Where I usually visit in the US, don't tend to be there. __________________ Lie with passion and be forever damned...

08-12-2014, 11:26 AM	#33
Mayhem Foot Elite Join Date: Jan 2012 Location: London, England Posts: 4,086	Yeah, Sonic and DQ don't exist on the east coast! I've been to DQ when in Illinois though. __________________ Lie with passion and be forever damned...

08-11-2014, 04:12 PM	#22
Powder 40 Years of TMNT Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: Shell-Ri-La Posts: 26,956	It's the new TMNT promo causing people to lose their appetite.

08-11-2014, 10:31 PM	#23
CyberCubed Overlord Join Date: Dec 2004 Posts: 43,895	I always figured these brands lose business to the individually owned pizza place take-outs, not that they were all competing against each other. I mean you can just go to the pizza place down the block and get a pie, how often are you going to eat at a restaurant for pizza?

08-12-2014, 01:36 AM	#28
~~Leo656~~ Banned Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: nWo Country Posts: 27,703	Tell me you at least have a f***ing WaWa, bro. I doubt it. Only the blessed get to have WaWa. Fortunately... there's a bunch of 'em over here. I feel kinda spoiled now, the nearest Pizza Hut's about a half hour away, but we're in the outskirts of the suburbs and we still have about a dozen pizza places within five minutes of us. One is literally right across the street. All this bounty... and I don't particularly care for pizza. Wish you were here, dawg.

08-12-2014, 11:34 AM	#34
Netkeeper tactical blackquill Join Date: May 2014 Location: Texas, but not for much longer Posts: 3,645	Wow, that's really weird. Sonic always had a "New York" kind of feel to it, to me. __________________

08-12-2014, 01:28 PM	#37
Cure Y'all need Jesus Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: New Jersey Posts: 8,938	I have a few Checkers near me, too. You know you're in the hood when you see one. Like Newark.

08-12-2014, 01:30 PM	#38
~~Leo656~~ Banned Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: nWo Country Posts: 27,703	Heck yeah. The place I used to work had the furniture moving contract for the Newark school system, we used to pass by those but nobody ever wanted to stop and eat there. That's the driver's call and they'd usually wait until they hit a McDonald's.

08-12-2014, 03:12 PM	#39
BubblyShell22 Leo-holic Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Indiana Posts: 16,912	Up here, it's called Rally's instead of Checkers. There used to be one in La Porte, IN, but I think that one closed down. And the only reason I know about Wawa is from the Pretty Little Liars books where they'd mention it. __________________ "A warrior who never fails, never learns."-The Ancient One. "Embrace your inner a**holiness."-Mr. Anderson.

08-12-2014, 03:59 PM	#40
Wingnut Mad Scientist Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: Pao Pao Café Posts: 1,264	Kum n Go is the dominant convenient store around here. Yes, that's the real name. Use to be Git n Go way back when, before they were bought out. I love how someone renamed the entire franchise "Kum n Go" either as a (not so) tongue-in-cheek joke, or they're the most oblivious person in the business world. There's really no middle ground __________________ "I'll be what I wanna do."