Pizza Hut has many stores in the United States and many stores in China. Recently, the latest news said that 3 Pizza Hut stores in the United States plan to close permanently. In addition to these 3 Pizza Hut stores, another 9 will also be closed. Therefore, many netizens began to care whether domestic Pizza Hut will be affected by this incident. On August 18th, foreign media reported that NPC International, one of Pizza Hut's largest franchisees, went bankrupt, and then more than 3 Pizza Hut restaurants announced that they would be closed permanently. It is reported that NPC International filed for bankruptcy protection in July, and announced on Monday local time that it had reached an agreement with the owner of Pizza Hut, and planned to close about a quarter of the restaurants and sell the remaining branches, but the specific restaurants and time have not yet been determined. NPC operates more than 1,2 Pizza Hut stores and nearly 4 Wendy's stores in the United States. S restaurant. Cowen analysts had made a report before, which estimated that if NPC stopped paying royalties, Yum! might lose as much as $54.2 million a year and gain 13 cents a share a year. According to their bankruptcy applications, Pizza Hut and Wendy? S is the largest creditor of NPC. The relevant person in charge of Pizza Hut in China also responded, saying that domestic Pizza Hut will not be affected. Pizza Hut was founded in 1958 by Frank? Carney and Dan? Founded by two brothers Carney, it is widely praised as one of the pizza monopoly chain enterprises. However, due to the impact of the COVID-19 epidemic in the United States this year, Pizza Hut suffered a strong impact in the American market. Foreign media reported that the global epidemic had a strong impact on the operation of Pizza Hut offline stores, so NPU International's income was affected, and it was burdened with huge debts. Moreover, the labor cost also increased during this period, which eventually led to the bankruptcy of the company.