Pizza Hut opens its first women-run outlet in India

By: WE Staff | Friday, 4 February 2022

Pizza Hut, India's most popular and trusted pizza chain, has opened its first all-women-operated store in Gangtok, demonstrating the company's commitment to empowering and inducting more women into the workforce and ensuring an Equal Slice for All.

Women will handle every aspect of the store, from food preparation to customer service to day-to-day management. To begin, the store will have a staff of over ten women, including store managers. The majority of these female employees are new to the company, making this an excellent opportunity for them to begin their professional careers with a well-known company like Pizza Hut.

Chitra D Ram, Director of Capability and Culture for Pizza Hut at Yum! Restaurants International, stated, "2021 has been a marquee year with many firsts for Pizza Hut. Earlier this year we had unveiled our bold new brand platform called 'Dil Khol Ke Delivering' to let everyone know that Pizza Hut delivers the best taste and value, easiest access along with our signature warm service across every channel - Dine-in, Takeaway or Delivery. To bring our 'Dil Khol Ke Delivering' message alive in a unique way, we have also roped in popular actor and comedian Anuradha Menon as our magnetic ambassador, making Pizza Hut one of the first few QSR chains in India to use a female ambassador as the face of the brand. Today, we are proud to begin a new chapter by opening our first all-women store in India that puts women at the front and centre of action. My best wishes to the team and kudos for the example they are setting by breaking boundaries and inspiring other women."

Anuradha Menon expressed her thoughts, "It is an honour to be associated with a brand that not only advocates gender equality and inclusion but also demonstrates it in an equally strong manner. Dil Khol Ke salute to this all-women power team of the Gangtok store as they set foot on this bold and adventurous journey."

Yum! Brands, Pizza Hut's parent company, has also consistently set diversity and inclusion goals, including being named to the Bloomberg Gender-Equality Index (GEI) for several years in a row.