IP 4iut . ff-"' j, ,i -;.-;irrT;--- 'i n ifi .wt , imiwp. i '' . .ijiiiwiuwjD ' T - 5--""., THE VERNAL Pizza Hut is now open. This Pizza Hut is one of over 5000 across the country. It is a franchise, owned and Serving pizza: the Pizza Hut way "Business has been crazy," said Manager Trainee Dave Bourdeau. The new Vernal Pizza Hut has been open for two weeks.and business has been pleasantly overwhelming, according accor-ding to the management. While Manager Stanley Martin says be expects business to taper off slightly slight-ly after everyone has had a chance to eat at the restaurant, he is very optimistic op-timistic about the future. This Pizza Hut is one of over 5000 ! pizza Huts across the country. About half of those are owned and operated by Pizza Hut, Inc. The rest are fran-chised fran-chised restaurants. The Vernal Pizza Hut is owned by Rage, Inc. from Wichita, Kansas. It was built by Associated Construction Services, Inc., from Bristol, Tennessee. Associated Construction has now moved mov-ed to Roosevelt where a different company com-pany intends to build another Pizza Hut. The Vernal Pizza Hut employs about 40 people. Martin was sent here by Rage, Inc. from Virginia to manage the restaurant, but the rest of the employees are local. Bourdeau said they stress service and food quality and because of that operated by Rage, Inc., from Wichita, Kansas. Kan-sas. They are employing about 40 people. he expects the business to be a booming boom-ing success. All of the dough for pizza is made fresh daily. All of the products for salads and other menu items are also fresh daily and anything not used us-ed by the end of the day is discarded. Once the pizza dough has been rolled roll-ed out and placed in the pans to rise, it is timed and if it sits too long, rather than serve it, it is also discarded. Pizza Hut has two varieties of pizza, piz-za, pan pizza and regular crust. The main difference is the thickness of the crust, although the entire process in making the dough is different. Besides pizza, they also serve spaghetti, featuring their own special combination of pasta, called Cavattini. They also serve sandwiches and have a full salad bar. A specialty of Pizza Hut is a guaranteed 6 inch personal pan pizza. Between 11 : 30 a.m. and 1 : 30 a.m. they guarantee to serve the personal pan pizza in five minutes, or you do not pay. They also serve the personal pan pizza between 1:30 and 4:00 p.m., but it isn't guaranteed. Sunday through Thursday the Pizza Hut is open from 11:00 a.m. to midnight. mid-night. Friday and Saturday they are open from 11:00 a.m. to 1:00 a.m. Seating capacity of the restaurant is 120 people. In order to keep up with that many orders, they have two specially made ovens, each capable of baking 140 pizzas an hour. Bourdeau said so far they haven't been able to make enough pizzas to even push the ovens. mmm W " iim.Mi.nim in i .. "- - ''J Si"!m It : :y f 1 !. ' . - j '.;. .t. 'i' ' ...... v . , , ,ufe. 4 : s ,. . . f - r . - w r - i . m ".: , .. X v ' .' "' ' ONE OF Pizza Hut's 15 cooks puts the final touches on a pizza before being served. Besides pizza, they also serve spaghetti, sandwiches, and offer a full salad bar.