Yum! Brands is considering selling its Pizza Hut chain due to ongoing struggles with declining sales and intense competition, particularly in the US market which accounts for 42% of its global sales.

• Pizza Hut's same-store sales fell 1% overall in the most recent quarter, while Taco Bell and KFC saw increases of 7% and 3% respectively.
• Chief Executive Chris Turner of Yum! Brands stated that "strategic options" are being examined for the pizza division to help the brand "realise its full value."
• Yum! Brands generates approximately 11% of its operating profits from Pizza Hut, which operates roughly 20,000 stores globally, with about 6,500 in the US.