Pizza Hut opens first women-run branch in Bangladesh

Popular and trusted brand Pizza Hut has announced that its Level 5 food court at Jamuna Future Park in Dhaka will be run by women only.

Pizza Hut took the initiative in Bangladesh to ensure further empowerment of the women’s workforce, said a statement on Friday.

At the store handover ceremony, Transcom Foods Limited CEO Amit Thapa said, “Today, I am very happy to start a new chapter in the history of Bangladesh by opening our first women-run store. In this outlet, customer service, store management and food preparation will all be handled by women.”

“The full credit for our achievement today goes to the customers of Pizza Hut alone. Their love and trust in Pizza Hut inspire us to do more in the future,” he added.

According to the CEO of Transcom Foods Limited, Pizza Hut is constantly working to build its brand and community, and also assured that steps will be taken to add more stores managed by women shortly to maintain this continuity.

He also wished the entire team for this initiative and praised the example they are setting to inspire other women.

Transcom Foods Limited is working on women’s equality and diversity to continue the global Pizza Hut initiative. Pizza Hut has the largest footprint among all pizza chains in Bangladesh with dine-in, takeaway and delivery services at 20 outlets across the country.

The company’s 20th store opened this year in Gulshan-2 and to ensure continuity, they intend to open a number of more stores before the year is over.

Pizza Hut has spread the love of pizza in Bangladesh and become more accessible to all customers with unmatched quality and continuous opening of new stores, added the statement.