The company behind Pizza Hut’s UK restaurants has fallen into administration
A Pizza Hut restaurant in Hull is among 68 that the chain has listed as shutting. It follows the collapse of the company behind its UK venues which has fallen into administration.
DC London Pie, the firm managing Pizza Hut’s UK dine-in establishments, brought in administrators from corporate finance specialists FTI on Monday. The chain’s restaurant at Kingswood Retail Park is listed among those shutting. The venue at St Andrew’s Quay is not included.
The chain will also shutter 11 delivery sites around the country as part of a restructuring that, overall, places 1,210 employees at risk of losing their jobs. The development comes less than 12 months after the business had purchased the chain’s restaurants from insolvency proceedings.
On Monday, American hospitality giant Yum! Brands, which owns the global Pizza Hut operation, announced it has acquired the UK restaurant business through a pre-pack administration agreement. The rescue package will preserve 64 locations and safeguard employment for 1,277 staff members.
Nicolas Burquier, managing director of Pizza Hut Europe and Canada, said: “This targeted acquisition aims to safeguard our guest experience and protect jobs where possible.
“Our immediate priority is operational continuity at the acquired locations and supporting colleagues through the transition.”
The administration comes approximately six weeks after HMRC lodged a winding up petition against DC London Pie. DC London Pie was the entity established when Directional Capital, which ran franchises in Sweden and Denmark, acquired 139 UK restaurants from the former UK franchisee Heart with Smart Limited in January of this year.
List of Pizza Hut closures
The Maybird Retail Park, Birmingham Rd, Stratford-upon-Avon CV37 0HZ
Upper Jubilee Walk Touchwood, 46 Homer Rd, Solihull B91 3QW
Maiden Green Farm, Treliske, Truro TR3 6BA
3 Queen St, Cardiff CF10 2AF
Unit 4, Old Town Station Leisure Park, Old Station Rd, Yeovil BA20 1NP
Units 13 & 14, Leisure Complex, Tower Pk, Mannings Heath Rd, Poole BH12 4NY
Castle Ln W, Bournemouth BH9 3JS
Binnacle Way, Cosham, Portsmouth PO6 4FB
Marina Way, The Waterfront, Brighton Marina, Brighton and Hove, Brighton BN2 5WA
admiral retail park, Lottbridge Drove, Eastbourne BN23 6QD
Unit D, Thanet Retail Park, Westwood Rd, Westwood, Broadstairs CT10 2RQ
Unit 5, Leisure Park, Crawley Leisure Park, Kilnmead, Crawley RH10 8LR
Unit 6, Aspects Leisure Park, Leisure Rd, Hanham, Bristol BS15 9LA
Unit 10, 11 Merlin Rd, Patchway, Bristol BS34 5UR
West Leisure, Browells Ln, Feltham TW13 7EQ
The Colonnades, Purley Way, Croydon CR0 4RQ
Unit 8, Dickens World Leviathan Way, Leviathan Way, Chatham ME4 4LL
Unit 2, Cinema Development Bugsby’s Way, Millennium Leisure Park, Bugsby’s Wy, London SE10 0QJ
Unit 6, Beckton Triangle Retail Park, Claps Gate Ln, London E6 6LH
150 Southampton Row, London WC1B 5AL
Lombardy Retail Park, Coldharbour Ln, Hayes UB3 3EX
Finchley Leisure Development Leisure Way, London N12 0QZ
Leisure Park, Southbury Rd, Enfield EN1 1UY
Rom Valley Way Retail Park, Rom Valley Way, Romford RM7 0AF
Unit 2, Brook Retail Park, London Rd, Clacton-on-Sea CO15 3TP
Trostre Rd, Llanelli SA14 9RA
Hereford Retail Park, Newtown Rd, Hereford HR4 9LW
Hereford Road Meole Brace Development, Park, Shrewsbury SY3 9NB
Unit 20a, Weavers Wharf, Black Horse Ln, Kidderminster DY11 6UU
London Rd, Wellingborough NN8 2DP
Carina Rd, Northampton NN15 6YA
Upper Jubilee Walk Touchwood, 46 Homer Rd, Solihull B91 3QW
Castlegate Park, Tipton Rd, Birmingham Rd, Dudley DY1 4TA
Unit 2, Tower Retail Park, London Rd, Lowestoft NR33 7NG
Gapton Hall Rd, Great Yarmouth NR31 0NL
3a, The Riverside Leisure Scheme, Norwich NR1 1WX
Clwyd Retail Park, Rhyl Rd, Rhuddlan, Rhyl LL18 2TJ
ONE, 13b Paradise St, Liverpool L1 8JF
The College Leisure Scheme Linkway West, Linkway W, Saint Helens WA10 1NG
Unit 1, 68-72 Victoria St W, Freshney Place, Grimsby DN31 1BL
Gallagher Retail Park, Doncaster Rd, Scunthorpe DN15 8TE
Unit C, Corton Wood Retail Park, Brampton, Brampton Bierlow, Barnsley S73 0TB
Unit 9, Snipe Retail Park, Manchester Rd, Audenshaw, Ashton-under-Lyne OL7 0DN
Elk Mill Retail Park, Broadway, Royton, Oldham OL2 5HX
Sandbrook Leisure Park, Sandbrook Way, Rochdale OL11 1RY
Fort Shopping Park, Cheetham Hill Rd, Cheetham Hill, Manchester M8 8EP
Neary Way, Trafford Retail Park, Urmston, Manchester M41 7FP
2 Robin Park Rd, Anjou Blvd, Wigan WN5 0UJ
Unit 14, 37 The Linkway, Middlebrook, Horwich, Bolton BL6 6JA
Elk Mill Retail Park, Broadway, Royton, Oldham OL2 5HX
Sandbrook Leisure Park, Sandbrook Way, Rochdale OL11 1RY
Unit 1 Stadium Way, Huddersfield HD1 6PG
Retail & Business Park, Eastfield Way, Inverness IV2 7GD
The Leisure Exchange, Vicar Ln, Bradford BD1 5AH
Cardigan Fields, 10 Kirkstall Rd, Burley, Leeds LS4 2DG
White Rose Shopping Centre, W Service Rd, Dewsbury Rd, RU16 LS11 8LU
Style Hill Way, Colton, Leeds LS15 9JH
Kingswood Retail Park, Althorp Rd, Hull HU7 3DA
Deepdale Retail Park, Blackpool Rd, Preston PR1 6QY
Leisure Park, Unit 2 Marton Rd, Middlesbrough TS4 2AF
Marina, The Lanyard, Hartlepool TS24 0XR
Durham City Retail Park, Eden Terrace, Durham DH1 2HJ
Unit 5, London Road Retail Park, London Rd, Carlisle CA1 2PD
Unit B, Silverlink Retail Park, The Silverlink, Wallsend NE28 9ND
Unit 28, Fort Kinnaird, Edinburgh EH15 3RD
36 Hanover St, Edinburgh EH2 2DR
Unit 2 Dundee St, Fountain Pk, Edinburgh EH11 1AF
Central Retail Park, Unit 8 Grahams Rd, Falkirk FK1 1LW
Kingsway West Retail Park, Dundee, DD3 8RX