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Great FOOD. Great PEOPLE. 

Applebee's begun with the same theory we take after today – concentrated on serving great nourishment to great individuals. Today, what was before a well known neighborhood restaurant has developed to turn into a prominent restaurant in neighborhoods the whole way across North America – with very nearly 2,000 areas and tallying. 

Our History 1980s 

1980s: THE BEGINNING 

1980 Bill and TJ Palmer open T.j. Applebee's Rx for Edibles & Elixirs,® in Atlanta, Georgia. 

1983 The Palmers offer the Applebee's idea to W.r. Effortlessness and Company. 

1985 Bill Palmer, key manager of Café Ventures, turns into an Applebee's franchisee. 

1986 The name is changed to Applebee's Neighborhood Grill & Bar. Abe Gustin and John Hamra of Kansas City open their first Applebee's establishment restaurant in Kansas City. 

1988 Abe Gustin and John Hamra buy the rights to the Applebee's idea from W.r. Effortlessness and Company. 

1989 Applebee's International, Inc., (A.i.i.) finishes a first sale of stock of regular stock under the image APPB and opens its 100th restaurant in Nashville, Tennessee. 

Our History 1990 

1990s: OUTSTANDING GROWTH 

1992 A.i.i. dispatches an alternate open stock advertising. By year-end, there are 250 Applebee's in operation. 

1994 Lloyd Hill joins A.i.i. There are more than 500 Applebee's. 

1995 A.i.i. gets Rio Bravo Cantinas (a chain of Mexican easy eating restaurants). 

1996 819 Applebee's restaurants work in 45 states, Canada, the Caribbean, Germany and the Netherlands. 

1997 960 organization and establishment restaurants are open. 

1998 Applebee's opens its 1,000th restaurant in Aurora, Colorado. Abe Gustin, Co-Chief Executive Officer and Chief Operating Officer, resigns. Julia Stewart joins Applebee's International as President of the household division. 

1999 A.i.i. offers Rio Bravo restaurants to Chevy's, an alternate new Mex restaurant network, and has record framework wide offers of $2.35 billion with 1,168 restaurants. 

Our History 2000 and Beyond 

2000s AND BEYOND: A NEW ERA 

2000 Applebee's presents another menu and the amount of restaurants trips in excess of 1,250. 

2000 Applebee's extends universal improvement by opening restaurants in Latin America and the Middle East. 

2001 The amount of restaurants ascensions to 1,392. Julia Stewart joins IHOP Corp. as their Chief Executive Officer. 

2002 The amount of restaurants ascensions to 1,496. 

2002 The Heidi Fund is built, out of appreciation for a Kansas City server, to fiscally help Applebee's partners who endure disastrous generally enriching occasions. 

2002 Applebee's commends the opening of the 1,500th restaurant in Lagrange, Ga., possessed and worked by Bill Palmer, author of the first Applebee's restaurant in Atlanta and current Applebee's franchisee. 

2004 Applebee's makes a fruitful association by presenting its Weight Watchers® menu. Applebee's increases deals by taking off Carside To Go pickup administration. 

2005 Applebee's stretches worldwide development to Brazil, Chile, Ecuador, and Jordan. Applebee's is perceived by IR magazine for its fabulousness in speculator relations. 

2006 Lloyd Hill publishes move to Chairman of the Board of Directors, and Dave Goebel is named President and Chief Executive Officer. 

2007 Applebee's opens its first area in China; Applebee's is named one of three finalists for the Gartner High-Performance Workplace (HPW) Excellence Award; Applebee's Services, Inc. is obtained in November by IHOP Corp., headed by Julia Stewart, making the biggest full-benefit restaurant organization on the planet. 

2008 Servsafe Alcohol grants Applebee's the Best Chain Responsible Beverage Alcohol Service Training Program; Applebee's, alongside IHOP, gets to be some piece of Dineequity, Inc. (NYSE: DIN) behind the slogan 'Incredible Franchisees. Incredible Brands.' Michael J. Toxophilite is selected president of Applebee's Services, Inc. 

2009 Applebee's presents neighborhood-roused Realburgers™ from Across America. Taking an interest Applebee's areas thank dynamic obligation and resigned military parts with a free lunch on Veteran's Day amid the organization's inaugural salute to these essential visitors. Applebee's opens its 2,000th restaurant in Harlem in December. 

2010 The Applebee's Unbelievably Great Tasting and Under 550 Calories menu dispatches with five new better-for-you courses – from steak and potatoes to shrimp pasta. Applebee's opens its first area in Singapore in March. In April, the restaurant presents the Skinnybee Margarita™ – the business' first mixed drink with less than 100 calories. 

2010 Applebee's reveals the "revitalization" idea, which incorporates progressions to the restaurants, for example, renovated insides and outsides with hotter color tones, contemporary plans; characteristics particular to the area the restaurant serves; administration changes; and new sustenance and beverage determinations. The organization's objective is to finish the revitalization of all organization claimed and establishment resta