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As of November 25, 2007, there were 1,965 restaurants operating system-wide in all 50 states, 17 countries, and one U.S. territory. [...] ‘We believe we have an opportunity to re-energize the brand and get franchisees, employees and guests all sort of thinking about the brand in a different way,’ Julia Stewart, IHOP’s chairman and chief executive officer, said. [...] Applebee’s International, Inc. is a United States company which develops, franchises, and operates the Applebee’s Neighborhood Grill and Bar restaurant chain. [1]
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The Applebee’s chain was started by Bill and T.J. Palmer who opened their first restaurant, T.J. Applebee’s Rx for Edibles & Elixirs, in Decatur, Georgia on January 1, 1980. [...] In 1988, Applebee’s International, Inc. became the restaurant chain’s franchiser when Kansas City franchisees Abe Gustin and John Hamra purchased the rights to the Applebee’s concept from W. R. Grace. [...] As part of the company’s new marketing campaign and slogan, Wanda Sykes was hired to voice the chain’s new mascot, the Applebee’s Apple. [...] On July 16, 2007, IHOP Corp. announced that it agreed to buy Applebee’s International for about $2.1 billion. [1]
We accept Visa, MasterCard, Discover, American Express, and Diner’s Club. [...] Pricing and items are subject to change. [3]
According to a report in The Huffington Post of February 11, 2009, promoting the Arbitration Fairness Act, Applebee’s employees are barred from suing the company by a binding mandatory arbitration agreement, even if they repeatedly refuse to sign the agreement, and instead repeatedly write on the agreement that they cannot sign it when pressured to do so. [1]
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As part of the transaction, Bill Palmer was named president of the Applebee’s Division an indirect subsidiary of W. R. Grace and Company. [...] In November 2007, IHOP announced that it had completed a $1.9 billion purchase of the Applebee’s chain. [1]
Sources:
[1] Applebee’s - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
[2] Applebees Neighborhood Grill & Bar in Council Bluffs, IA @ Yellowbook
[3] Applebee’s? Menu