Pizza Hut Zambia Turns A Grand 1ne In Style With Zambia’s Largest Pizza

Coverage Author. Sir Kempson Ari Mabuluki We Yulu Jaffe Joffer

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Visual Verbatim: Social Media Esquire/EPA, Kempson TV

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hey were the first franchise to deliver pizza to 1600 Pennsylvania Ave NW, Washington, also the first pizza company in history to deliver pizza to space. On 16^th December 2015, they added to their global gamut of records making the largest pizza in the history of Zambia and the African continent with a length of 148.4 cm. With 3 stores already along the line of rail all in an astonishing time of one year, the 1^st Pizza Hut @pizzahutzambia store at East Park Mall @eastparkmall turned 1. It was all that and a slice with all the toppings befitting the inaugural birthday festivities.   

The celebrations energy levels were high octane and so was the buildup to the highly anticipated extravaganza. The search was on for people to chow down Zambia’s largest pizza, the tag to win competition was announced on the Pizza Hut Zambia Facebook page as well as Twitter and the race to grab a slice was on. Dressed in a fire engine red dress matching the Pizza Hut official emblem, Beauty Clarice Shamanga @BShamanga the winner that defeated the stiff competition was on hand with her pack in tow ready to devour the prize. When asked she claimed that it would take her 45 minutes to empty the box, formalities and officiating however meant a slight wait before the eager taste buds could indulge.

Beauty Clarice Shamanga Winner of Facebook Competition

The Zambia Weights & Measurements Agency (ZW & MA) in conjunction with their comrades from the Zambia Bureau of Standards (ZBS) were on hand to make sure the occasion was legitimate and do due diligence in regards to the pizza’s official measurements. After the tabulations, the Pizza Hut birthday pizza was indeed officially certified Zambia’s largest pizza. 

Bweupe Lombanya of ZW&MA measures the pizza

Aside from setting records and making great pizza, Pizza Hut Zambia also makes people’s lives great. With three stores and plans to expand further, the enterprise has created jobs. It was evident from the smiles on the employees’ faces I spoke too that they indeed enjoy their jobs and are happy working for the brand a year later. The store manager in his speech also highlighted the important work the franchise does in the community. The add K 1 initiative sees customers adding an extra kwacha to their bill goes a long way to helping the less fortunate, Pizza Hut have been supporting the Robert Shitima Project from day one and continue to support this noble endeavor a year later. So gracious are their efforts that some of their staff have been picked from the hospitality training they offer. Thus keeping kids off the street in exchange for education, creating jobs through expansion and making great pizza is but a slice of just how great Pizza Hut “Make It Great.” So as Pizza Hut Zambia turns 1ne, we say Happy Birthday and look forward to more stores opening and ambitious heroic fits in 2016.