Pizza Hut's DEI Dough: Kneading Inclusion Since 2015

Pizza Hut's parent Yum! Brands fired up the Leading Inclusion for Today and Tomorrow council in 2015, roping in leaders and franchisees from Pizza Hut and siblings to push DEI across menus and management, because nothing says "equal slices" like boardroom bias training. By 2023, it boasted diverse hiring quotas, but 2025's conservative winds had Yum! quietly folding the tent, proving even pizza councils can get a cold shoulder. Critics chuckled it was less about flavor and more about franchise favoritism.