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Operations

Restaurants now showing baby boomers some love

 By Peter Romeo on Oct. 17, 2017

Chili's and Applebee's are two of the chains betting on the generation they were set to ignore.

Operations

This week’s 5 head-spinning moments: Forced retirements

 By Peter Romeo on Oct. 20, 2017

Venerable business principles and concepts were shipped off to the old folks' home this week, worsening observers' neck arthritis.

Leadership

Applebee’s names new chief operations officer

By Restaurant Business Staff on Nov. 09, 2017

The chain has promoted its vice president of operations.

Food

Applebee’s adds new steak and potato LTOs

By Restaurant Business Staff on Nov. 13, 2017

The chain’s Topped Steaks & Twisted Potatoes combo meals start at $12.99.

Marketing

6 restaurant deals to drive Black Friday sales

By Benita Gingerella on Nov. 21, 2017

Operators hope to see a lot of green this Black Friday.

Marketing

6 ways restaurants aim to drive holiday traffic

By Benita Gingerella on Dec. 08, 2017

‘Tis the season for sales draws that go beyond gift cards.

Marketing

Riblets return to Applebee's menus

By Peter Romeo on Jan. 02, 2018

But only on a limited scale—for right now.

Leadership

A modern franchisee finds success with an old idea

By Peter Romeo on Jan. 18, 2018

Acquisitions have made KBP Foods one of the largest and fastest-growing franchises in the restaurant business. But the key to absorbing the expansion has been a notion that harkens back to the earliest days of KFC.

Leadership

Applebee's names Joel Yashinsky CMO

By Jonathan Maze on Jan. 30, 2018

The former McDonald's executive will take the marketing helm at the casual-dining chain.

Financing

5 reasons for bar and grill chains' nightmare 2017

By Jonathan Maze on Feb. 16, 2018

Shifting consumer demands have hammered the likes of Applebee's and Chili's, and their recovery is uncertain, says RB's The Bottom Line.

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