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Article: SAY CHEESE! PIZZA HUT PILES IT ON.(BUSINESS)
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- The Capital Times
- Article date:
- June 1, 2002
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Byline: Matt Curry Associated Press
DALLAS -- It takes more than a few dairy cows to launch a "Summer of Cheese."
Pizza Hut, the nation's largest pizza maker, undertook its new promotional campaign as if preparing for war -- an apt analogy in a marketplace where the question of whether one company provides better ingredients sparked a protracted legal battle.
In its latest effort to tickle the taste buds of America's pizza connoisseurs, the Dallas-based company undertook a delicate operation to purchase millions of pounds of cheese to pile on pies this summer without upsetting the intracicies of the cheese market.
"We work very closely ...