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Pizza Hut drops 'Pizza' from its name.

blogs.moneycentral.msn.com — Blame recession cuts. Pizza Hut is slicing the "pizza" from its name. The fast food chain will now be known simply as "The Hut." The new "hut" stores will be more than simply places to place a delivery order, according to MediaWeek. They will include televisions that broadcast CBS-programs such as Wheel of Fortune and Entertainment Tonight.

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  • FiendishMuffin, on 06/19/2009, -5/+1123Good luck getting people to not say "Pizza Hut." Saying "The Hut" makes me feel like a tool.
  • greenvortex, on 06/19/2009, -3/+757Leia felt chained down by her Job at the Hut.
  • FirstOne1, on 06/19/2009, -4/+681"Let's order The Hut tonight!"

    Sounds pretty stupid actually.
  • onechad, on 06/19/2009, -4/+474Maybe I'm just completely out of the cool-people loop (okay, I definitely am), but it seems to me that the harder a business tries to be "hip," the less likely they are to be viewed as such. It's like when parents try to use slang to sound younger and relate to their kids.
  • sjbdallas, on 06/19/2009, -5/+424I look forward to visiting "The Bell", "The Way", and "The King" in the near future.
  • seattlegirluw, on 06/19/2009, -1/+356Maybe they watched Spaceballs too many times?
  • Rad1030, on 06/19/2009, -5/+295I thought this was going to be from The Onion when I read the headline.

    I suggest they drop their whole menu too. To quote a friend of mine, "You never really want to eat at Pizza Hut, it just happens sometimes"
  • mwtapp, on 10/11/2009, -3/+279"The Hut" doesn't sound very civilized.
  • BDOUG, on 06/19/2009, -2/+259...this will simply remind people of Jabba the Hutt, probably not a good idea when you want to sell fast food. I have a better idea, how about not putting 14,000 tablespoons of sugar into your nasty pizza sauce instead?
  • FirstOne1, on 06/19/2009, -0/+204"The Way" makes sandwiches sound like some Taoist thing.
  • mnemy, on 06/19/2009, -1/+202It's not as bad as the Sy Fy rebrand. Wtf is wrong with the marketing idiots nowadays?
  • TheZorch, on 06/19/2009, -1/+186Pizza the Hut!
  • MrColdheart, on 06/19/2009, -4/+174Add wifi and beer and I would go.

  • OfNumbers, on 06/19/2009, -12/+174Take your greasy over priced teen made insult of a marketing brand to hell with you on your way out the door, *****.
  • leontes, on 06/19/2009, -1/+132Now c'mon here, Dude. I'm totally with the shizzle of things. I know all about the really cool things like the Jonas Brothers and the Hanna Montana band. What, sport? Digg me up, here, buddy. I want to get real with you about smoking the pot and helping you feel out how to deal with those hot chicks of your age.
  • relaxeder, on 06/19/2009, -0/+124"They will include televisions that broadcast CBS-programs such as Wheel of Fortune and Entertainment Tonight."

    Oh boy, I can't wait to watch crap while I'm eating it.
  • Rekutyn, on 06/19/2009, -3/+126Pizza the Hut!
  • UhhWTF, on 06/19/2009, -1/+120***** The Hut, im going to The Castle
  • PatrickBrown, on 06/19/2009, -1/+116This story almost sounds like it was written by The Onion.

    "They will include televisions that broadcast CBS programs such as "Wheel of Fortune" and "Entertainment Tonight."

    Really? Attempting to attract the over 70 crowd I see.
  • holzp, on 06/19/2009, -3/+111In other news that girl down the hall is changing her name to simply "The Slut"
  • somepuertorican, on 06/19/2009, -3/+107Not an Onion article?
  • asnider, on 06/19/2009, -2/+93Pizza the Hutt is the first thing that came to mind when I read the article.
  • pikpikcarrotmon, on 06/20/2009, -1/+90I swear I thought this was an article from The Onion after reading the title.
  • FearlessFreep, on 06/19/2009, -0/+76Her name is "Pizza Slut"?
  • Eth3reality, on 06/19/2009, -6/+80and The Donalds
  • ErrorLoading, on 06/19/2009, -0/+72Let's connect with youth by showing "Wheel of Fortune"! Are these people like 900 years old and consider 60 year old's youth?
  • gd1z, on 06/19/2009, -0/+65excellent
  • djfacemachine, on 06/19/2009, -1/+60Still not as bad as SyFy
  • alankem, on 06/19/2009, -1/+59The King sounds ***** awesome.
  • Hero0fTime, on 06/19/2009, -2/+59Pluto is no longer a planet and now this?? WTF is going on??
  • LexWalk, on 06/19/2009, -5/+61To remain competitive, the other other pie venues have shortened their names to match: Dominos, Papa John's, Uno's, Little Caesar's - oh wait. It works for them because pizza is their product not their NAME TOO.
  • Scrappy1850, on 06/19/2009, -0/+54they used to sell beer at pizza hut. did they stop?
  • nitroskanker, on 06/19/2009, -3/+55I instantly thought of Jabba.
  • EddiePotato, on 06/19/2009, -7/+57Have you traveled around the US lately? Apparently people don't mind being reminded of Jabba the Hutt, since so many aspire to look like him.
  • FearlessFreep, on 06/19/2009, -0/+49'...sends out for you'
  • JustinHopewell, on 06/19/2009, -0/+49I miss the way Pizza Hut was back in the 80's and 90's... dimly lit, with waiters and a tabletop pac-man arcade machine in the corner.
  • gdog05, on 06/19/2009, -0/+48And under Hut law, if you don't like their food, you get to fight the manager to the death.
  • VisualRhetoric, on 06/19/2009, -6/+53Well that was all sorts of angsty and uncalled for rolled into one.
  • mctom987, on 06/19/2009, -0/+47I was thinking "Pizza the Hut"
  • megaton, on 06/19/2009, -0/+47The 'Nalds.
  • turkoftheplains, on 06/20/2009, -1/+44What you did there, I see.
  • inigomntoya, on 06/19/2009, -3/+44They also used to have an all you can eat buffet at most locations. Now, it is difficult to find a one with a dine-in option in my area...
  • lovek, on 06/19/2009, -4/+45Note: KFC IS still "Kentucky Fried" ... like, officially. And in their advertising.

    Sooo.... way to stick it to The Man there.
  • weirdo50, on 06/19/2009, -0/+39I was so sure this was going to be from the Onion...
  • Stomper622, on 06/19/2009, -1/+40Actually Taco Bell could get away with that. I've hear it referred to as "The Bell" quite often.
  • brownsound00, on 06/19/2009, -1/+38Might as well make it the Hutt
  • sjbdallas, on 06/19/2009, -5/+41Seems to me that the only good food they have is the Pizza. Their pasta is garbage and their wings are no better than the microwave stuff you buy in the frozen food section.
  • PhoenixSmasher, on 06/19/2009, -2/+38”***** You, I'm Eating!"
  • geauxtig3rs, on 06/19/2009, -0/+36I've never ever heard of this...

    Why have I never ever heard of this?
  • holzp, on 06/19/2009, -2/+37Nicknamed Jabba in 3...2...
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