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| Type | Wholly owned subsidiary |
|---|---|
| Industry | Restaurants |
| Genre | Casual dining |
| When it was created | Decatur, Georgia, U.S. (January 1, 1980) |
| People who started it | Bill Palmer, TJ Palmer |
| Headquarters | Kansas City, Missouri, U.S. |
| Number of locations | 2,003 (2013) |
| Area served | Worldwide |
| Key people | Julia Stewart, CEO of DineEquity, Inc. Mike Archer, President |
| Money earned |  US$2.52 billion (2006) |
| Operating income | US$130.78 million (2006) |
| Net income | US$80.91 million (2006) |
| Total assets | US$935.4 million (2006) |
| Total equity | US$486.65 million (2006) |
| Employees | 28,000 (2013) |
| Parent | DineEquity, Inc. |
| Website | applebees.com |
Applebee's is an American food company that develops, franchises and operates Applebee's Neighborhood Bar & Grill. There are over two thousand restaurants all across the United States, Puerto Rico and several outside countries. The concept of this company represents casual dining. Their food includes salads, shrimp, chicken, pasta, barbecue ribs and fish. The company is centered in Kansas City, Missouri. It was put into operation on November 19, 1980.
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Headquarters in Lenexa (now called Restaurant Support Center)