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Pizza Hut UK Dine-In Franchise Collapses Into Administration as Yum! Deal Saves 64, 68 Set to Close

A pre-pack sale shifts rescued venues into a new Yum-run unit after weeks of mounting creditor pressure.

Overview

  • DC London Pie Limited appointed FTI Consulting as administrators on 20 October following sustained financial strain and a reported HMRC winding-up petition.
  • Yum! Brands bought the dine-in operations through a pre-pack, securing 64 restaurants and transferring staff to a new equity business under TUPE rules.
  • Sixty-eight dine-in restaurants are slated to shut, with media publishing detailed lists of affected locations.
  • Several outlets report 11 delivery sites will also close, while takeaway-only branches remain unaffected.
  • Headcount disclosures conflict, with Pizza Hut citing about 2,259 staff transferring and other reports indicating roughly 1,276–1,277 transfers and around 1,210 redundancies.