“The new restaurant, inaugurated on December 29, 2021 in Buzau, in the food court area of Buzau Shopping City mall, is the first Pizza Hut Express restaurant in Romania. Pizza Hut Express Buzau is a new restaurant concept, which provides consumers with a complete and fast experience, the pizza being prepared in front of the customer and cooked within approximately five minutes from placing the order”, the report reads.
“Pizza Hut Express Buzau is the third Pizza Hut location inaugurated this year by the Group. In 2021, Sphera Franchise Group has fulfilled the restaurant development plan as agreed with Master Franchisor, YUM! (communicated to the market through Current Report 39/2020 from December 22, 2020 and Current Report 25/2021 from August 13, 2021), having opened a total of 13 new restaurants, out of which six KFC restaurants in Romania and two KFC restaurants in Italy as well as three Pizza Hut restaurants and two Taco Bell restaurants in Romania,” per the stock market report.
Starting December 29, 2021, Sphera Franchise Group operates 168 restaurants: 92 KFC restaurants in Romania, two in Moldova and twenty in Italy, as well as 41 Pizza Hut restaurants and 13 Taco Bell restaurants located in Romania. Out of 41 Pizza Hut restaurants, 21 locations are dine-in, 19 are Pizza Hut Delivery and one is Pizza Hut Express.
In 2021, Sphera Franchise Group has inaugurated 13 new restaurants, reaching a 168-unit network, of which 92 KFC restaurants, 41 Pizza Hut restaurants, 13 Taco Bell restaurants, two KFC restaurants in Moldova and 20 KFC restaurants in Italy.