Applebee's International, Inc.
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| Restaurant
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| 1980
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| Location
| Atlanta, Georgia
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| 1=1=T.J. Palmer and Bill Palmer, Founders
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| 1=1=casual dining restaurant
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Applebee’s International, Inc. NASDAQ: APPB is a U.S. company which develops, franchises, and operates the Applebee's Neighborhood Grill and Bar restaurant chain. It is the largest chain of casual dining restaurants in the country, with over 1500 restaurants across the United States. The headquarters is located in Overland Park, Kansas.
The Applebee's chain was started by T.J. and Bill Palmer who opened their first restaurant, T.J. Applebee’s Rx for Edibles & Elixirs, in Atlanta, Georgia in 1980. After opening their second restaurant the pair sold their company to W.R. Grace and Co. in 1983. W.R. Grace and Co. later sold the restaurants, now known as Applebee's Neighborhood Grill and Bar, to private investors and the company eventually went public. It currently trades on the NASDAQ Stock Market under APPB.
Applebee's features casual dining serving standard American cuisine. The interiors of Applebee's restaurants are usually decorated with memorabilia from sports, entertainment, transportation, and comic books but always include items of local interest as well to help convey their neighborhood theme.
Applebee's has recently begun international expansion with restaurants in nine countries. Their catchphrase is "Eatin' good in the neighborhood."
As of 2005, Applebee's started offering carside-to-go service which allows people to get the food from the car. The advertising slogan for this service is "It's not fast food, it's Applebee's food fast."
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Categories: Companies traded on NASDAQ | Casual dining restaurants | Food companies of the United States | Kansas City metropolitan area | Burger restaurants | Steakhouses | Franchises
