![]() ![]() “The truth of the matter is there’s a lot of consistent users we just want them to come back more frequently,” she said. The menu revamp, along with improving consistency and speed of service in the restaurants, is part of efforts to improve perceptions of the brand and increase traffic from Applebee’s current customers, Ms. More menu items are slated to launch over the next 18 months, she said.Īpplebee’s introduced a new Pub Diet menu, featuring pepper-crusted sirloin with whole grains. “There’s no question that the appetizers and the Pub Diet and all that had a substantial impact,” Ms. ![]() ![]() The items contain fewer than 600 calories. Options include pepper-crusted sirloin with whole grains, shrimp and broccoli cavatappi, cedar grilled lemon chicken, and savory cedar salmon. The sandwiches are served with free refills of french fries or house-made chips.Įarlier this year, Applebee’s introduced a new appetizers platform and Pub Diet menu, featuring classic pub-style dishes made healthier. ![]() The new handhelds menu at Applebee’s includes a steak sandwich with beer cheese and fried jalapeños on ciabatta a turkey sandwich topped with Swiss cheese, sriracha chile lime sauce and slaw on potato bread and a grilled maple bacon chicken wrap. “Of course, we remain committed to innovation at both brands and building a platform for sustainable growth, including a potential acquisition that is a strategic fit and does not compete with our two current brands,” Ms. Revenues for the quarter totaled $171,549,000, up from $160,521,000 the year before.ĭuring the quarter, domestic system-wide same-restaurant sales grew 1% at Applebee’s and 6.2% at IHOP, marking the latter chain’s highest quarterly increase in more than a decade. Earnings were driven by significantly lower interest expense as a result of a debt refinancing completed in late 2014 and higher gross segment profit as a result of increases in domestic same-restaurant sales at both brands and IHOP restaurant development over the past 12 months. The court determined that because of the physical burdens that the illness had caused Stachulski, the compensation was reasonable.For the second quarter ended June 30, DineEquity had net income of $29,897,000, equal to $1.41 per share on the common stock, up from $19,167,000, or $1 per share, for the prior-year period. “The plaintiff submitted sufficient evidence for a reasonable jury to conclude that the defendant’s restaurant’s hamburger was, more likely than not, the proximate cause of the plaintiff’s salmonella illness,” court documents read.Īpple New England also argued that the $750,000 Stachulski had been awarded was “manifestly exorbitant and plainly excessive” when Stachulski’s medical bills had not exceeded $43,000. Stachulski said he became “violently ill” about six hours after leaving the restaurant, and was diagnosed with salmonella infection four days later. He also has to take prescriptions on an ongoing basis to control his symptoms, records said.Īpple New England argued that Stachulski’s pet lizard could have been the cause of his salmonella, but the court found the argument improbable based on the timing of his illness. Stachulski testified that, more than two years after his salmonella illness, he continues to work with physicians and a nutritionist to treat and manage his ongoing gastrointestinal symptoms. He also can’t go hiking or participate in other activities with friends without “fearing embarrassing accidents in the absence of a nearby restroom,” according to court documents. Stachulski said he can no longer consume alcohol, sugar, beef, carbonated beverages and many fruits and vegetables without repercussions. Stachulski filed a lawsuit against Apple New England after he said a dinner he shared with his wife and brother-in-law in February 2014 left him with ongoing gastrointestinal issues. A man who got sick after eating a hamburger at Applebee’s Neighborhood Grill & Bar in Concord will finally receive the $750,000 he was awarded more than year ago as part of a civil lawsuit.Īpple New England LLC lost its appeal Wednesday to the state Supreme Court after the company argued that contact with Brandon Stachulski’s pet lizard or other food sources could have caused his food poisoning instead of Applebee’s food.Ī lower court had ruled in favor of Stachulski in January 2017, who lived in Derry at the time. ![]()
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