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Pizza Hut Japan adds lower-priced pizza as inflation squeezes diners
Pizza Hut Japan launched a three-cheese meat-sauce pizza on November 2.
The new pizza is inspired by lasagna and uses the company’s homemade meat sauce.
Its single-person Pizza Pot Box set costs 500 yen, while takeaway pizzas cost 880 yen for a small, 1,300 yen for a medium and 1,890 yen for a large.
The company is adding more affordable choices as rising prices affect customers’ spending.
Its lower-priced pizzas, including the Pizza Hut Margherita, have been among its best sellers, and the company hopes more affordable options will encourage customers to visit more often.
Pizza Hut says it wants the new pizza to become one of its core regular items.
Pizza Hut Japan launched a lower-priced pizza as rising prices encourage demand for cheaper options.
The Three-Cheese Lasagna-Style Meat Sauce Pizza went on sale on November 2.
A single-person Pizza Potato BOX set featuring the pizza costs 500 yen.
Takeout prices are 880 yen for small, 1,300 yen for medium and 1,890 yen for large.
The company aims to strengthen its lower-priced range and increase how often customers visit.
- Who
- Japan Pizza Hut, based in Yokohama.
- What
- It launched the Three-Cheese Lasagna-Style Meat Sauce Pizza, including in a 500-yen single-person set.
- When
- November 2, 2026.
- Where
- Japan.
- Why
- Rising prices have increased the appeal of lower-priced pizzas. The company aims to strengthen its popular lower-priced range and encourage more frequent visits.
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- Single-person set price
- 500 yen
- Small takeout price
- 880 yen
- Medium takeout price
- 1,300 yen
- Large takeout price
- 1,890 yen
- Pizza
- Three-Cheese Lasagna-Style Meat Sauce Pizza
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What people are saying
Affordable pizzas are simple, which makes them difficult to develop, and we had not focused on them until now.
We will make this new product one of the core items in our regular lineup.