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02-01-2020 11:23 AM
my mother and my daughter give us applebees gift cards for birthdays, anniversaries and christmas. i heve quite a few of them because we seldom if ever go there. i guess we'll have to use them up, now that i've heard this news.
02-01-2020 11:31 AM
@Islandqueen1 wrote:I haven't heard anything about bankrupcy. I do know that all Applebees aren't alike. There is one nearby that is really bad and there is another one that is excellent. It all has to do with that specific location. They have great deals for Military, active and retired. Monday's its 30% off and we usually go twice a month. They are busy on Monday's, they are busy anyday after 4:30.
@Islandqueen1. Except for a few training stores, Applebees restaurants are franchises, so they're independently owned and operated.
02-01-2020 11:36 AM
@depglass the one closest to me is open and slammed on Fri & Sat nights.
While out Christmas shopping, we stopped at the one in St. Johns. Food and service was great. Bill wasn't bad, either.
02-01-2020 11:40 AM
We have so few restaurants in my area that aren't pizza joints and fast food that my friends and I often go to Applebee's for lunch. Our local one is clean and you can get good service , a decent sandwich or salad. It is not fine dining by any means, but around here it serves a purpose, and I would be sorry to see it go.
02-01-2020 12:03 PM
Applebees is a chain and therefore has chain quality food and preparation. This is why DH and I never eat at any chain and only go to privately owned resataurants to support the chefs and small business owners that own them. We will not go out to eat substandard food when DH is a chef and can prepare magnificent, quality dinners at home or in friend's establishments.
02-01-2020 12:05 PM
@Kachina624 wrote:
@Islandqueen1 wrote:I haven't heard anything about bankrupcy. I do know that all Applebees aren't alike. There is one nearby that is really bad and there is another one that is excellent. It all has to do with that specific location. They have great deals for Military, active and retired. Monday's its 30% off and we usually go twice a month. They are busy on Monday's, they are busy anyday after 4:30.
@Islandqueen1. Except for a few training stores, Applebees restaurants are franchises, so they're independently owned and operated.
I used to work for a company that owned 20+ Applebee's Restaurants. And I must say that out of the 20+ there were always stores that didn't do a booming business and stores that always had a crowd.
Plus you got to know a few of the franchisees. Some people owned 3 stores and some owned 100. Some people were better at runing a restaurant and some people were struggling.
The company that I worked for, is still doing very well. They are always at charity events handing our free appetizer coupons (I have one in my hand) and they also make trays of food and hand out samples.
And since I know many of the managers I stop by and say hello sometimes, plus we eat there. The restaurants always seem to have a nice sized crowd. But I must admit there doesn't seem to be large crowds sitting around the entrance waiting for a table. But I think the "To Go" part of the restaurant eased some of that congestion. They used to have lots of chairs around the outside of the restaurants for all the people waiting for tables.
Sometimes I think the same person writes these articles. I have been reading for over 2 years that Burger King is going bankrupt. So all the author has to do it take the headline and insert a different restaurant's name.
02-01-2020 12:07 PM
I always liked Applebee's had 2 favorite foods there. Their Bourbon Street Steak and their spinach salad, always had a hard time deciding which to order.
A few years ago when they changed their menu to so called "healthy" choices, they did away with the spinach salad and changed the marinade on the steak. I was so bummed and dont go there much anymore..
Im so tired of other people deciding what I have to chose from in a restaurant.
02-01-2020 12:40 PM
If I want frozen food in a fun atmosphere I can go to Cheesecake Factory or my own freezer. Applebees should go with current restaurant trends and pare down their menus and switch to fresh ingredients.
02-01-2020 01:06 PM
I think they are headed that way. I would use the gift cards now.
02-01-2020 01:06 PM
I googled Applebys. There are still three in my area. But have to admit I never hear any advertising for them anymore, nor has anyone mentioned eating there in (must be) years.
So I'd hurry and use those gift cards if they were mine.
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