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Sapphire Foods India Ltd., the Indian operator of Pizza Hut, has hit the brakes on the American fast-food joint's expansion plans.

The decision of the operator comes in the backdrop of weak same-store sales growth or SSSG as well as burden on the pizza joint's performance caused by poor unit-level returns, it said in a post-earnings conference call.

SSSG is a metric that measures the revenue growth of a retailer's existing stores over a year.

In the second quarter of fiscal 2026, Pizza Hut's SSSG slipped 8% year-on-year, festering more from a 3% drop in the same quarter last year.

During the call Sapphire Foods' management under

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