What was the percentage increase in Pizza Hut International's sales in the third quarter of 2021 compared to the same quarter a year ago
driver on development is the strong development teams that we have who are focused and incentivized to go create great results on the development front, and they have an improved set of capabilities. We're now bringing analytics to bear and how we set our development plans in a number of markets around the globe. We're bringing new prototypes to bear. We talked about the Go Mobile concept, which is primed for digital growth with Taco Bell. We have similar examples in other brands. So it's a broad set of drivers that are supporting this growth. And you've seen this trajectory change, in particular, in the Pizza Hut business. That's been an important driver of where the numbers are. Pizza Hut International putting up plus-200 in the quarter, that's more than 300 better than where they were a year ago and you've seen Pizza Hut U.S. stabilize. So those are also important drivers. So broad-based strength in development right now.
David Gibbs -- Chief Executive Officer
Yeah. As far as the issue of pent-up demand, I'm sure there's some units that spilled over from 2020 into 2021, but we do believe that these trends and development will continue. We think we've gotten to a new level on development. That's why we raised our development guidance on the last earnings call. And look, we're talking about net new units. Let's talk about gross new units for the quarter. In the quarter, we opened over 1,000 gross new units. That's a store every other hour, basically, all quarter long, pretty amazing. And when you think about just a side effect of that, how we're modernizing the estate with that kind of development, it's really encouraging.
Operator
The next question comes from John Ivankoe with J.P. Morgan. Please go ahead.
John Ivankoe -- J.P. Morgan -- Analyst
Hi, thank you very much. I think a lot of us on the call know kind of what the U.S. issues are in terms of construction labor and permitting and even equipment, but I wanted you to kind of give us a rest of the world view in terms of how supply chains are around equipment and your ability to, I guess, keep this current rate of development over the next couple of quarters. And, of course, asset in the context of your supply chain seems to have gotten worse in the past six months and perhaps some of the stores that opened in the third quarter benefited from what was ordered six months ago or even longer. Do you expect this momentum to continue? Is there that pipeline, just in terms of overall supply chain constraints, however you want to define it, that you feel good on a market-by-market basis?
David Gibbs -- Chief Executive Officer
Yeah. Thanks a bunch, John, it's a good question. And I think this is where the strength of our operating model and our capability sets around sourcing really shines. We saw some of those supply chain challenges related to equipment that are sort of a global challenge. We saw those on the horizon early this year and our supply chain teams were building resiliency plans at that point and they worked with our franchisees around the globe to get ahead on purchasing for those equipment and reserving capacity with suppliers. There are certainly going to be some local challenges here and there related to permitting, but again this is where that capabilities that helped us get ahead, plus our larger more sophisticated franchisees who invest ahead, they have sophisticated teams who are driving their development and that's a big asset here as well. So yeah, we probably left a few units on the table this year as a result of that, but in general, we don't see that as a constraint on our long-term development path.
Operator
The next question comes from Jon Tower with Wells Fargo. Please go ahead.
Jon Tower -- Wells Fargo Securities -- Analyst
Awesome. Thank you for taking the question. Just real quick in terms of thinking about the value proposition to the consumer and obviously the inflation that's running through the market today. Curious to know how your franchisees are handling the pricing situation now and then heading into '22 with obviously wage rate infla
driver on development is the strong development teams that we have who are focused and incentivized to go create great results on the development front, and they have an improved set of capabilities. We're now bringing analytics to bear and how we set our development plans in a number of markets around the globe. We're bringing new prototypes to bear. We talked about the Go Mobile concept, which is primed for digital growth with Taco Bell. We have similar examples in other brands. So it's a broad set of drivers that are supporting this growth. And you've seen this trajectory change, in particular, in the Pizza Hut business. That's been an important driver of where the numbers are. Pizza Hut International putting up plus-200 in the quarter, that's more than 300 better than where they were a year ago and you've seen Pizza Hut U.S. stabilize. So those are also important drivers. So broad-based strength in development right now.
David Gibbs -- Chief Executive Officer
Yeah. As far as the issue of pent-up demand, I'm sure there's some units that spilled over from 2020 into 2021, but we do believe that these trends and development will continue. We think we've gotten to a new level on development. That's why we raised our development guidance on the last earnings call. And look, we're talking about net new units. Let's talk about gross new units for the quarter. In the quarter, we opened over 1,000 gross new units. That's a store every other hour, basically, all quarter long, pretty amazing. And when you think about just a side effect of that, how we're modernizing the estate with that kind of development, it's really encouraging.
Operator
The next question comes from John Ivankoe with J.P. Morgan. Please go ahead.
John Ivankoe -- J.P. Morgan -- Analyst
 Hi, thank you very much. I think a lot of us on the call know kind of what the U.S. issues are in terms of construction labor and permitting and even equipment, but I wanted you to kind of give us a rest of the world view in terms of how supply chains are around equipment and your ability to, I guess, keep this current rate of development over the next couple of quarters. And, of course, asset in the context of your supply chain seems to have gotten worse in the past six months and perhaps some of the stores that opened in the third quarter benefited from what was ordered six months ago or even longer. Do you expect this momentum to continue? Is there that pipeline, just in terms of overall supply chain constraints, however you want to define it, that you feel good on a market-by-market basis?
David Gibbs -- Chief Executive Officer
Yeah. Thanks a bunch, John, it's a good question. And I think this is where the strength of our operating model and our capability sets around sourcing really shines. We saw some of those supply chain challenges related to equipment that are sort of a global challenge. We saw those on the horizon early this year and our supply chain teams were building resiliency plans at that point and they worked with our franchisees around the globe to get ahead on purchasing for those equipment and reserving capacity with suppliers. There are certainly going to be some local challenges here and there related to permitting, but again this is where that capabilities that helped us get ahead, plus our larger more sophisticated franchisees who invest ahead, they have sophisticated teams who are driving their development and that's a big asset here as well. So yeah, we probably left a few units on the table this year as a result of that, but in general, we don't see that as a constraint on our long-term development path.
Operator
The next question comes from Jon Tower with Wells Fargo. Please go ahead.
Jon Tower -- Wells Fargo Securities -- Analyst
Awesome. Thank you for taking the question. Just real quick in terms of thinking about the value proposition to the consumer and obviously the inflation that's running through the market today. Curious to know how your franchisees are handling the pricing situation now and then heading into '22 with obviously wage rate infla