Up to six Pizza Hut restaurants across Scotland are set to shut their doors after the company behind its UK dine-in operations entered administration. The move forms part of a UK-wide crisis that has placed 68 restaurants and 11 delivery sites at risk, potentially resulting in more than 1,200 job losses.
The affected Scottish sites are located in Inverness, Falkirk, Dundee, and three in Edinburgh — Hanover Street, Fountain Park and Kinnaird Park. All belong to the dine-in division operated by DC London Pie Limited, which appointed administrators from FTI Consulting earlier this week.
Yum! Brands, Pizza Hut’s global parent company and the owner of KFC and Taco Bell, has stepped in with a rescue deal to take over 64 UK sites, safeguarding roughly 1,277 jobs. A company spokesperson described the move as a “targeted acquisition” intended to maintain customer service and protect as many jobs as possible.
The collapse comes less than a year after DC London Pie acquired the dine-in business from insolvency, signalling ongoing turbulence in Britain’s casual dining sector. Administrators cited “challenging trading conditions, rising costs, and tax-related pressures” as major factors leading to the administration. HMRC had filed a winding-up petition against the franchise earlier this autumn.
Pizza Hut’s takeaway and delivery operations will continue to trade separately and are unaffected by the closures. Established in the UK in 1973, the chain has long been a fixture of family dining, but the latest closures underline the deepening struggles facing high street restaurants in a difficult economic climate.
