Pizza Hut locations close around WNY

We reached out to Pizza Hut to see if this why the Western New York restaurants closed.

They did get back to us.

A POPULAR PIZZACHAIN IS NOWNOWHERE TO BEFOUND IN WESTERNNEW YORK.NEW AT 11 -- JEFFRUSACK LOOKS AHOW COVID-19 ISTAKING A SLICE OUTOF THE LOCALRESTAURANT SCENE.A QUICK LOOK ATPIZZA HUT'S WEBSITEAND IT'S EASY TO SEE..THE RESTAURANT'SPRESENCE ISVIRTUALLY NONEXISTENT IN WESTERNNEW YORK.IF YOU LIVE NEARONE..

OR A FORMERONE..

IT'S EVENEASIER TO SEE.

THEPIZZERIA CHAIN HASHIT THE ROAD.THIS FORMER PIZZAHUT IN HAMBURG OFCAMP ROAD TOOKDOWN THE EXTERIORSIGNS..

THERE ISNOTE ON THEWINDOW.IT READS THATBECUASE OF COVID-19AND GOVERNMENTRESTRICTIONS THERESTAURANT WOULDBE TEMPORARICLOSED.EVEN BEFORE THECOVID 19 PANDEMICPIZZA HUT WASPLANNING ON MAKINGCHANGES CHANGESTHAT INCLUDEDCLOSING RETAURANTS.LAST AUGUST THECHAIN SAID THEYWOULD CLOSE 500UNDERPREFORMINGRESTAURANTS IN THENEXT TWO YEARS.WE REACHED OUT TOPIZZA HUT TO SEE ITHIS WHY THEWESTERN NEW YORKRESTAURANTSCLOSED..

THEY DIGET BACK TO US.AT BUTERA'S INHAMBURG THE LOSSOF A CHAIN IN THESAME TOWN, ISNCELEBRATED.IT'S DEVASTATINGWE'RE NEVER GOINTO BE THE SAME AFTERTHIS.JIMMY BUTERA ISTALKING ABOUT THEEFFECTS OF COVID-19ON RESTAURANTS.HE FEELS FORANYONE AT PIZZA HUTWHO LOST THEIR JOB..BUT ISN'T SUPRISEDRESTAURANTS ARECLOSING.IF SOMEONE IS NOTFINANCIALLY VIABLE ATTHE BEGINNING THISTHEY'RE LIKELY NMAKING IT THROUGHHERE WAS SLIM TONONEBUTERA SAYS TOPREVENT MORECLOSINGS..RESTAURANTS NETO BUCKLE DOWN ONSTATE GUIDELINES.THIS SOCIALDISTANCING IN THEMASK WEARING YOURESTABLISHMENTS GETINTO IT MAKE ITHAPPEN HELP THEREST OF THE INDUSTRYSURVIVE.IT'S CERTAINLY NOTBUFFALO PIZZA.BUT RESTAURANTOWNERS ARE PAYINGATTENTION TO A CHAINEXITING THE AREA...JEFF RUSACK 7 EWN.