Pizza Hut unveils 300th store in OZ

It is located at the Gold Coast.

Pizza Hut has reached another milestone with the opening of their 300th store in the country.

The brand has had an aggressive year of expansion, where more than $5million has been invested into the opening of new stores in the country.

The new store is located at 40 Frank Street, Labrador, Queensland. Gold Coast’s acting Mayor Donna Gates and Pizza Hut’s General Manager Graeme Houston, headed the “dough cutting” ceremony for the store’s official launch.

It is the brand’s 10th store in the Gold Coast and the 75th in Queensland, and is owned by franchisees, Phil and Maree Berry.

Moreover, the new store has also provided over 30 new job opportunities for the local community.

“For more than 40 years, Pizza Hut has operated as one of Australia’s most recognised brands bringing with it affordable, restaurant-quality food to Australian homes and prosperous franchising opportunities to entrepreneurial people around the country.

“Increasing our store footprint has been a major focus for our business this year, and will continue into 2014. As competition intensifies, we need to ensure our brand is accessible and convenient for our customers.

“We are continually looking to partner with entrepreneurial and driven partners across Australia, with a particular focus on Queensland and Western Australia where we hope to open an additional 60 stores over the next three years. It’s predicted that outlet growth within the pizza takeaway industry to 2016 is as high as 23 per cent and we plan to be a major contributor to that statistic,” said Graeme Houston, Pizza Hut General Manager.