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Barstool Sports founder praised the fast-food chain's 25-week name change while pitching for advertising

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Yum! Brands sells Pizza Hut for $2.7 billion.

The decision comes after a prolonged period of difficulty for the chain, which has faced increasing competition from a range of rivals.

Yum! Brands on Tuesday announced it is selling Pizza Hut for $2.7 billion, after years of the flailing pizza chain weighing on its earnings.

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Pizza Hut could soon be up for sale

Yum! Brands is exploring a possible sale of its Pizza Hut chain, as the business struggles to compete with rivals.

Yum! Brands, which also owns Taco Bell and KFC, said it would explore "strategic options" for the pizza chain.

Yum Brands will explore strategic options for Pizza Hut, which has struggled in recent years.

Fewer diners are "hitting the Hut" and it is closing half its UK restaurants.

Administrators said the business had been hit by "challenging trading conditions and increased costs".
The move will lead to more than 1,200 redundancies, but 64 other restaurants will be saved.
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