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Contact:
Barbara Uebelacker
Patch Products, Inc.
1400 E. Inman Pkwy.
Beloit, WI 53511
(800) 524-4263 x 246
barbu@patchproducts.com |
August 28, 2006 |
Dining At Pizza Hut Is All
Fun And Games
Participating Pizza Hut Restaurants to Showcase
Family Games from
Patch Products
BELOIT, Wis. – Pizza Hut is playing games with its diners. Starting Oct. 15, table-top versions of Patch
Products’ Buzzword® and Such & Such™ games will be available in more than 3,000 participating
dine-in Pizza Hut restaurants nationwide.
The wait-busting promotion is designed to enhance the family dining experience at Pizza Hut, while showcasing
Patch’s family-oriented games.
“Pizza Hut is all about families sitting down together to eat and have fun,” said Kristan Miller, vice
president of advertising and brand image at Pizza Hut. “This promotion with Patch is just one more way for us
to add value to the dine-in experience by giving families an engaging and entertaining activity to share
while they wait for their order.”
“We’re thrilled to have the opportunity to sample our games in Pizza Hut’s extensive network of dine-in
restaurants because the best advertising for a game is having someone play it,” said Lisa Wuennemann,
director of marketing at Patch Products. “It’s a great way for us to combine the power of two brands that are
all about family fun.”
Also as part of the promotion, Patch will include Pizza Hut coupons in the full board game versions of
Buzzword and Such & Such promoting the special offer with on-box messaging that says, “Play
Games, Eat Pizza! Pizza Hut Coupons Inside.” Buzzword and Such & Such are available at
mass-market and specialty toy retailers across the United States.
The Games We Play
Buzzword is an engaging, shout-it-out game in which one team has 45 seconds to solve 10 clues with answers
that all contain the same buzzword. For example, for the buzzword “ball,” clues would be “prisoner’s ankle
garb” or “soccer in Europe,” and the answers would be “ball and chain” and “football,” respectively.
Such & Such is a game filled with clever pairings and witty competition. Players read clues to two-part
answers. For example, for the clues “coffee complements” or “the Three Musketeers’ motto” the answers would
be “cream and sugar” and “one for all and all for one.”
About Pizza Hut
Pizza Hut Inc., a subsidiary of Yum! Brands, Inc. (NYSE: YUM), is the world's largest pizza restaurant company
with almost 6,600 units in the United States and more than 4,000 units in 100 other countries. The company is
the recognized leader in the $37 billion pizza category. Those hungry for more information can go to the
official Pizza Hut Web site at www.pizzahut.com
About Patch Products
Patch Products, headquartered in Beloit, Wis., is a leading manufacturer and marketer of family entertainment
products. Board games, card games, puzzles and foam sports toys are the core product lines. Visit
www.patchproducts.com
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