PLANO, Texas, Feb. 8, 2017 /PRNewswire/ -- Starting on Feb. 9(th) (National Pizza Day), Pizza Hut, the world's largest pizza company, is collaborating with Amazon Alexa to give pizza lovers more than just one day dedicated to pizza: Customers who use the Pizza Hut skill for Alexa and start their order with the simple command of "Alexa, open Pizza Hut" or "Alexa, ask Pizza Hut for a pizza" will receive 30 percent off their total order through February 16(th). The offer is available for same day carry-out or delivery orders. Discount only applies to US Customers who order using an Alexa device.

"We may be a little bit biased, but National Pizza Day is certainly one of the days a year that are cause for a major celebration," said Dave Timm, Chief Marketing Officer, Pizza Hut. "That's why with the help of Amazon Alexa, Pizza Hut fans can enjoy 30 percent off all of their pizza favorites and more for a whole week beginning on National Pizza Day. The Pizza Hut skill on Alexa is responsive, interactive and extremely fun to use. What better day to try it than a day that includes pizza."

To enjoy 30 percent off orders placed using the Pizza Hut skill for Alexa, customers must have an Alexa device such as the Amazon Echo, Echo Dot, Amazon Tap or Fire TV, and enable the Pizza Hut skill from either the Alexa App or Amazon.com. From there, they can trigger the Pizza Hut skill after saying "Alexa, open Pizza Hut" or "Alexa, ask Pizza Hut to place an order." The discount will be automatically applied and shown on customer receipts.

Applicable menu options include:


    --  Pepperoni Pizza
    --  Cheese Pizza
    --  Veggie Lover's® Pizza
    --  Meat Lover's® Pizza
    --  Supreme Pizza
    --  Breadsticks
    --  Cinnamon Sticks
    --  Pepsi®
    --  Diet Pepsi®
    --  Mist Twist
    --  Mountain Dew

For more information about Pizza Hut, visit Blog.PizzaHut.com or head to www.PizzaHut.com.

About Pizza Hut
Pizza Hut, a subsidiary of Yum! Brands, Inc. (NYSE: YUM), delivers more pizza, pasta and wings than any other restaurant in the world. The pizza restaurant began 58 years ago in Wichita, Kansas, when two brothers borrowed $600 from their mom to start a pizzeria.

What started out small has become the biggest pizza restaurant in the world and today operates more than 16,000 restaurants in more than 100 countries serving innovative pizzas, traditional favorites like the signature Pan Pizza, and much more. Pizza Hut also is the proprietor of the BOOK IT!® Program, which is a long-standing children's literacy program used in more than 630,000 classrooms nationwide. For more information, visit www.pizzahut.com. Follow Pizza Hut on Facebook (www.facebook.com/PizzaHut), Twitter (www.twitter.com/pizzahut) and Instagram (www.instagram.com/pizzahut).

Contacts:
 Doug Terfehr
972.338.6992
Doug.Terfehr@yum.com

Courtney Moscovic
972.338.8288
Courtney.Moscovic@yum.com

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