--- title: Pizza Hut Changes Name to 'Pizza Hut Hut' for Super Bowl description: Pizza Hut is taking a page out of IHOP's — or should we say IHOb's — book ahead of Super Bowl LII. canonical: https://time.com/5512471/pizza-hut-hut/ author: Megan McCluskey article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2019-01-24T21:22:32.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:57:05.975Z og:title: Corny New Name for Pizza Hut Revealed Ahead of Super Bowl og:description: It's appropriate though og:url: https://time.com/5512471/pizza-hut-hut/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt5e0060832f2e954b/698943f0ab6d7708d56b4b09/pizza-hut-hut.jpg?branch=production&width=594&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 594 og:image:height: 334 og:image:alt: pizza-hut-hut og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Corny New Name for Pizza Hut Revealed Ahead of Super Bowl twitter:description: It's appropriate though twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt5e0060832f2e954b/698943f0ab6d7708d56b4b09/pizza-hut-hut.jpg?branch=production&width=594&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Really Corny But Appropriate New Name for Pizza Hut Revealed Ahead of Super Bowl > Sponsored content. 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Every edition is assembled by TIME editors rather than generated automatically.  by [Megan McCluskey](https://time.com/author/megan-mccluskey/)  ## Megan McCluskey Staff Writer Jan 24, 2019 9:22 PM UTC  A general view of signage for Pizza Hut A general view of signage for Pizza Hut Mike Egerton/PA Images via Getty Images  by [Megan McCluskey](https://time.com/author/megan-mccluskey/)  ## Megan McCluskey Staff Writer Jan 24, 2019 9:22 PM UTC Pizza Hut is taking a page out of IHOP’s — [or should we say IHOb’s](http://time.com/money/5307233/ihop-name-change-ihob-burgers/) — book ahead of [Super Bowl LII](http://time.com/5508298/super-bowl-rams-patriots/). Leading up to the 2019 Super Bowl championship matchup between the New England Patriots and Los Angeles Rams on Feb. 3, the [pizza chain](http://money.com/money/5368331/best-pizza-every-state/) has temporarily changed its name to “Pizza Hut Hut” both [online](https://www.pizzahut.com) and at a Pizza Hut location in Atlanta. Pizza Hut’s new moniker seems to signal a major marketing push intended to get customers excited for the NFL’s biggest game of the year, which Pizza Hut now officially sponsors. “The Super Bowl is the biggest day of the year for the NFL and for our business,” said Pizza Hut chief brand officer Marianne Radley, according to [USA Today](https://www.usatoday.com/story/money/2019/01/22/super-bowl-and-pizza-say-hello-pizza-hut-hut/2603191002/). “If you’re not \[a sponsor\], you have to dance around saying, ‘Super Bowl.’ Now, we can shout it from the rooftops.” > [](https://twitter.com/pizzahut/status/1087783659837505536) That’s not to say the name change isn’t a bit corny though. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/5512471/pizza-hut-hut/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/5512471/pizza-hut-hut/"},"headline":"Really Corny But Appropriate New Name for Pizza Hut Revealed Ahead of Super Bowl","datePublished":"2019-01-24T21:22:32.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:57:05.975Z","description":"Hut hut!","url":"https://time.com/5512471/pizza-hut-hut/","keywords":["Newsfeed","Food & Drink","restaurants","Pizza Hut"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt5e0060832f2e954b/698943f0ab6d7708d56b4b09/pizza-hut-hut.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Megan McCluskey","jobTitle":"Staff Writer","url":"https://time.com/author/megan-mccluskey/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt5e0060832f2e954b/698943f0ab6d7708d56b4b09/pizza-hut-hut.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"pizza-hut-hut","caption":"A general view of signage for Pizza Hut","creditText":"Mike Egerton/PA Images via Getty Images","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-newsfeed/","name":"Newsfeed"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/5512471/pizza-hut-hut/","name":"Really Corny But Appropriate New Name for Pizza Hut Revealed Ahead of Super Bowl"}}]}] ```