Domino 's Pizza is credited with popularizing free pizza delivery in the United States. Pizza Hut began experimenting in 1999 with a 50 - cent delivery charge in ten stores in the Dallas - Fort Worth area. By mid-2001 it was implemented in 95 % of its 1,749 company - owned restaurants in the U.S., and in a smaller number of its 5,250 franchisee - owned restaurants. By 2002, a small percentage of stores owned or franchised by U.S. pizza companies Domino 's and Papa John 's were also charging delivery fees of 50 cents to $1.50, and some of Little Caesar 's franchisees charged delivery fees. In 2005, Papa John 's implemented delivery charges in the majority of its company - owned stores.
when did pizza hut start charging for delivery
1999