Back to Press Room- Pizza Hut kicks off season-long “Game Plan” program offering exclusive gameday deals, weekly prizes and NFL kickoff reminders
- Brand debuts first national NFL TV campaign starring Pittsburgh Steelers’ star wide receivers Antonio Brown and JuJu Smith-Schuster
- All restaurants carrying special-edition NFL boxes featuring collective use of all 32 NFL teams with augmented reality app experience and offering its $7.99 Large 2-Topping pizza deal
PLANO, Texas, Sept. 4, 2018 /PRNewswire/ — Pizza Hut has been hard at work this offseason to score big at football fans’ front doors this NFL season. For its first year as the Official Pizza Sponsor of the NFL, Pizza Hut is introducing a lineup of exciting new experiences, exclusive pizza deals and star-studded partnerships that bring the energy of the stadium to fans’ homes on gameday.
“Pizza has the power to bring sports fans together, and for years, Pizza Hut has served as a gameday centerpiece in living rooms across the country. Now, as the Official Pizza Sponsor of the NFL, we’re going to celebrate football fans all season long,” said Marianne Radley, Chief Brand Officer, Pizza Hut, U.S. “We look forward to kicking off the season with our new league and team partners to deliver fans incredible in-home experiences and quality pizza each gameday.”
Game Plan Brings Fans Exclusive Offers, Kickoff Reminders and Chances to Win Big Every Week
Pizza Hut has developed a new digital platform within Hut Rewards called Game Plan that allows fans to access special deals, receive kickoff reminders for their favorite NFL team and enter to win a different football-themed prize every week. The pizza company has teamed up with fellow fan-favorite NFL sponsors Bose and New Era for the first giveaway. Fans who sign up for Game Plan are automatically entered to win the Homegating Kickoff Kit in week one of the season – complete with a Bose SoundLink Revolve speaker, New Era Official Sideline Home 9FIFTY hat, $100 Pizza Hut gift card and $50 NFL Shop gift card. In weeks 2-17 of the NFL Season, Game Plan prizes will be announced every Thursday.
Fans can enroll in Game Plan by visiting PizzaHut.com/NFL, signing in with their Hut Rewards account and choosing their favorite NFL team. Once enrolled, fans will be automatically entered to win limited-edition prizes each week, including a grand prize trip to Super Bowl LIII in Atlanta. Every Pizza Hut order placed through a customer’s corresponding Hut Rewards account counts as an additional entry to win prizes – limit one additional entry, per day.
Pizza Hut Stacks NFL Player and Team Partner Lineup to Elevate Homegating All Season Long
The highlight reel doesn’t end there. Pizza Hut is fueling the energy of fans taking in the action from home through its first national NFL TV campaign starring the league’s most prolific wide receiver duo: Antonio Brown and JuJu Smith-Schuster.
“We are thrilled to kick off our first season with Pizza Hut as the official pizza of the National Football League,” said Renie Anderson, SVP, NFL Partnerships, Sponsorship & Consumer Products. “As we saw with their awesome ‘Doorbell Dance’ for the Draft, Pizza Hut has really creative and engaging ways of activating around our brand and fans – and pizza lovers – everywhere should be excited for what they have planned for this NFL season.”
Since becoming the Official Pizza Sponsor of the NFL, Pizza Hut has aligned with some of the most passionate fan bases in the league through local partnerships with the Seattle Seahawks, Pittsburgh Steelers, Los Angeles Chargers and Los Angeles Rams. These partnerships will come to life for fans throughout the season through local activations, player partnerships, social impact initiatives and more.
HUT, HUT, HUT! New, Interactive Pizza Hut Packaging Takes the Field
To ensure no fan gets left behind, Pizza Hut unveiled its new packaging for the NFL season featuring collective use of all 32 NFL team marks. The special-edition pizza boxes will be available in all Pizza Hut locations during regular season. To bring it one step further, the brand introduced the Beanbag Blitz app, a recreation of the classic tailgate game cornhole which is compatible with the limited-edition NFL pizza boxes via Augmented Reality technology.
“We tapped into technology to deliver a truly immersive gameday experience to fans – specifically combining what they’re most passionate about: their team, the spirit of competition, and of course, pizza,” said Zipporah Allen, Chief Marketing Officer, Pizza Hut, U.S. “Incorporating this AR component into our lineup of new experiences is broadening our digital portfolio and engaging fans in a completely new way.”
Once the app is downloaded to an iOS or Android device, players have the option to unlock the Augmented Reality component by lining their camera up with the top of the special-edition box. Once unlocked, the game is played as it normally would be, as a team of two taking turns tossing beanbags onto the virtual cornhole board with the flick of a finger. First player to 21 points wins!
To feed every fans pizza craving on gameday, Pizza Hut will be offering Large 2-Topping pizzas for just $7.99 all season long, continuing the brand’s commitment to providing great-tasting pizza at unbeatable prices to NFL fans and pizza lovers alike.
To stay up to date with Pizza Hut and the exciting things ahead as the Official Pizza Sponsor of the NFL, follow along on Twitter, Instagram and Facebook. To order now, visit www.PizzaHut.com.
About Pizza Hut
Pizza Hut, a subsidiary of Yum! Brands, Inc. (NYSE : YUM ), has more restaurant locations in the world than any other pizza company. Founded in 1958 in Wichita, Kan., Pizza Hut operates over 16,800 restaurants in more than 100 countries.
With easy order options including the Pizza Hut app, mobile site, and Amazon and Google devices, Pizza Hut is committed to providing an easy pizza experience – from order to delivery – and has the only loyalty program, Hut Rewards, in the U.S. that offers points for every dollar spent on food online.
Pizza Hut is also the proprietor of The Literacy Project, an initiative designed to enable access, empower teachers and inspire a lifelong love of reading. The program is rooted in the foundation set by the Pizza Hut BOOK IT! Program, which is the longest-running corporate supported literacy program, impacting more than 14 million students each year. For more information, visit www.pizzahut.com. Pizza Hut is the Official and Only Pizza Sponsor of the NFL and NCAA®.