Pizza Hut Closing Locations Nationwide – More In Minnesota?

This is sad news just a few days after National Pizza Day! You probably know by now that Pizza Hut is closing hundreds of stores this year. The news has made headlines since it was announced recently.

According to Restaurant Dive, the fast casual option will be closing around 250 stores this year. While this is a lot, it's very small when you look at the big picture, barely making a dent in the full list of their locations.

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Nonetheless, it is always a bummer when any business closes any store, let alone hundreds. Such is the case with Pizza Hut, which has been a classic and a mainstay over the years. People always talk about their buffet.

Now, they will be shuttering underperforming stores across the country. That got me thinking: how many locations are there right now in Minnesota?

Pizza Hut Shutters At Least One Minnesota Location

As of now, there has been at least one Minnesota location that has closed. That store was located in Owatonna and is no longer since this news broke. The good news is that there are a ton of other locations across the state.

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Here's a list of locations across the Land Of 10,000 Lakes:

• Alexandria
• Andover
• Anoka
• Apple Valley (3)
• Austin
• Baxter
• Bemidji
• Blaine (2)
• Bloomington (3)
• Blue Earth
• Brooklyn Center
• Buffalo
• Burnsville (2)
• Cambridge
• Champlin (2)
• Cloquet
• Columbia Heights
• Coon Rapids
• Cottage Grove
• Crystal
• Deer River
• Delano
• Detroit Lakes
• Duluth (3)
• Eagan
• Eden Prairie
• Edina
• Elk River
• Fairbault
• Farmington
• Forest Lake
• Fridley
• Grand Rapids
• Hastings
• Inver Grove Heights (2)
• Lakeville (2)
• Lino Lakes
• Litchfield
• Mankato
• Maple Grove (2)
• Maplewood
• Minneapolis (5)
• Minnetonka (2)
• Monticello
• Moorhead
• Mora
• Morris
• Park Rapids
• Pine City
• Plymouth
• Princeton
• Princeton
• Prior Lake
• Richfield
• Rochester (4)
• Rogers
• Roseville
• Saint Cloud
• Saint James
• Saint Michael
• St. Paul (2)
• Shakopee
• Shoreview
• Spring Lake Park
• St. Louis Park
• Thief River Falls
• Virginia (2)
• Waconia
• Wadena
• West St. Paul
• Winona (2)
• Woodbury (2)

There are a ton of locations across the state - nearly 100 - so you can always get your Pizza Hut fix. That's good news!

Wisconsin has a few more locations at the time of writing. The company has not released a list of stores that have or will close with these shutdowns so let's hope it doesn't impact us too much in our region!

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A pepperoni pizza dipped in ranch? Yes please! Now I am hungry. Sorry if this story made you hungry too.