January 4, 2006
LOUISVILLE, Ky. — Yum! Brands, owner of Pizza Hut, reported the chain's comparable-store sales at its 1,760 U.S. corporate units dropped 3 percent for the five-week period ended Dec. 31, 2005. During the same period in 2004, comps were up 1 percent.
For the fourth quarter, Pizza Hut corporate comps were off 1 percent compared to an increase of 4 percent in the same period in 2004.
Pizza Hut does not report comps for its franchised units.