NPC's 1,227 Pizza Hut locations accounted for 18% of the chain's 6,700 US locations. NPC's remaining portfolio includes 6,500 Wendy's restaurants in the US. n 2013, we diversified our holdings and NPC’s wholly owned subsidiary, NPC Quality Burgers, Inc. became a franchisee of the Wendy’s brand. Pizza Hut has a more than 60-year history, beginning in 1958 in Wichita, Kansas. NPC opened its first Pizza Hut restaurant shortly after in 1962. Today, Pizza Hut is an iconic global brand that delivers more pizza, pasta and wings than any other restaurant in the world.