
Many Bankrupt Illinois Pizza Huts Were Just Sold to Pizza Hut?
I will admit that this is an unusual statement to make, but it is fact. Many bankrupt Illinois Pizza Hut locations were just sold to Pizza Hut - I think.
I saw this strange restaurant transaction news shared by Restaurant Dive today. It states the following. Pizza Hut just purchased 18 Pizza Hut locations from bankrupt EYM Pizza including many Illinois locations.
How exactly does Pizza Hut buy Pizza Hut anyway?
Here's my elementary school explanation of what just happened. EYM Pizza was an independent company that licensed Pizza Hut. When they entered bankruptcy, their locations which were Pizza Hut licensees were sold at auction and the parent company Pizza Hut was the high bidder for 18 Pizza Hut restaurants. Make sense? Surely there are more qualified people than me to translate this.
What Illinois Pizza Hut locations were just bought by Pizza Hut?
That's a great question for which I do not have a great answer. The Court Listener website shows all of the Illinois Pizza Hut locations that are being auctioned which include the following:
- 32421 Shorewood 659 Brook Forest Ave. Shorewood IL 60404
- 32425 Morton Grove 7957 Golf Rd Morton Grove IL 60053
- 32426 Bourbonnais 559 Main St, NW Bourbonnais IL 60914
- 32427 Sycamore 1170 DeKalb Avenue - Suite 104A Sycamore IL 60178
- 32429 New Lenox 525 E. Lincoln Highway New Lenox IL 60451
- 32430 Plano 7000 Burroughs - Suite D104 Plano IL 60545
- 32431 Dempster 5620 Dempster St Morton Grove IL 60053
- 32432 88th & Stony IL 8849 S Stony Island Ave Chicago IL 60617
- 32433 47th & Damen 2042 W 47th St Chicago IL 60609
- 32440 Country Club Hills 4237 W. 167th Street Country Club Hills IL 60478
- 32441 Pulaski (Office) 3045 North Pulaski Rd Chicago IL 60641
- 32450 Frankfort 19945 N Lagrange Rd Frankfort IL 60423
- 32451 Evanston South 951 Howard St. Evanston IL 60202
- 32658 Wentworth 5401 Wentworth Avenue Chicago IL 60609
- 34422 Marquette 4346 South Pulaski Chicago IL 60632
- 34706 Marshfield 11730 S Marshfiel Ave - Space J1 Chicago IL 60643
- 35080 Pioneer Parkway 1301 W Pioneer Pkwy Ste 105 Peoria IL 61615
- 35082 Prospect Road 3712 N Prospect Rd Peoria IL 61616
- 35083 Sterling 3311 N Sterling Avenue - Suite #2 Peoria IL 61604
- 35084 Campustown 1200 W Main St - Suite #17 Peoria IL 61606
- 35085 Pekin 513 S Parkway Drive Pekin IL 61554
- 35087 Germantown Hills 417 Jubilee Lane Germantown Hills IL 61548
- 35088 Morton 951 W Jackson St Morton IL 61550
- 35090 Parkway 1700 Parkway Plaza Dr - Unit #1 Normal IL 61761
- 35091 East Peoria 304 W Washington St East Peoria IL 61611
- 35092 Bartonville 1401 W Garfield Avenue - Suite H Bartonville IL 61607
- 35093 Bloomington (office) 103 E Hamilton Rd Bloomington IL
- 35190 North Ave 2516 W. North Avenue Chicago IL 60647
- 35680 Homer Glen 14009 S Bell Rd Homer Glen IL
The problem (for me) is I can't tell which of these locations were a part of the 18 Pizza Hut acquisitions that just happened. All I know for sure is that many were in Illinois and some are still up for auction.
14 in Illinois that Simply Vanished Without a Trace
Gallery Credit: Illinois State Police