NPC Keeps Building Pizza Hut Empire

NPC International Inc., a Lenexa, Kan.-based franchisee and operator of Pizza Hut franchises, has agreed to buy a total of 97 restaurant units from Pizza Hut Inc. for $37.5 million. NPC was acquired in 2006 by Merrill Lynch Global Private Equity, and currently operates 1,098 Pizza Hut restaurants and delivery/carryout units in 27 states.

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