{"id":11255,"date":"2018-12-21T14:08:58","date_gmt":"2018-12-21T19:08:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/newsroom.chainstoreguide.com\/?p=11255"},"modified":"2018-12-21T14:08:58","modified_gmt":"2018-12-21T19:08:58","slug":"applebees-acquires-69-restaurants","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.chainstoreguide.com\/offthechain\/2018\/12\/applebees-acquires-69-restaurants\/","title":{"rendered":"Applebee\u2019s Acquires 69 Restaurants"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Applebee\u2019s <\/strong>got back into the operations business this month when it reacquired 69 stores from<strong> Apple Gold Group. <\/strong>Apple Gold had been the lead franchisee for Applebee\u2019s in the Carolinas. Applebee\u2019s COO Kevin Carrol will head up the company-operated locations.<\/p>\n<p>Earlier this fall, Applebee\u2019s was rebuffed in its efforts to take back 135 units from <strong>RMH Franchise Holdings <\/strong>amidst that company\u2019s bankruptcy proceedings. That dispute reached a resolution this month as RMH agreed to pay Applebee\u2019s the royalties and fees owed to the company.<\/p>\n<p>Leveraging CSG\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.chainstoreguide.com\/c-175-top-50-restaurant-franchises.aspx\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Top 50 Restaurant Concepts<\/a> Database, which links franchisees to their geocoded locations for the largest chains in the industry, we were able to easily identify and map the 69 Apple Gold locations Applebee\u2019s bought back in the map below.<br \/>\n<center><\/p>\n<div class='tableauPlaceholder' id='viz1545419281522' style='position: relative'><noscript><a href='#'><img alt=' ' src='https:&#47;&#47;public.tableau.com&#47;static&#47;images&#47;Ap&#47;ApplebeesAppleGoldAcq1218&#47;ApplebeesAcq1218&#47;1_rss.png' style='border: none' \/><\/a><\/noscript><object class='tableauViz'  style='display:none;'><param name='host_url' value='https%3A%2F%2Fpublic.tableau.com%2F' \/><param name='embed_code_version' value='3' \/><param name='site_root' value='' \/><param name='name' value='ApplebeesAppleGoldAcq1218&#47;ApplebeesAcq1218' \/><param name='tabs' value='no' \/><param name='toolbar' value='yes' \/><param name='static_image' value='https:&#47;&#47;public.tableau.com&#47;static&#47;images&#47;Ap&#47;ApplebeesAppleGoldAcq1218&#47;ApplebeesAcq1218&#47;1.png' \/><param name='animate_transition' value='yes' \/><param name='display_static_image' value='yes' \/><param name='display_spinner' value='yes' \/><param name='display_overlay' value='yes' \/><param name='display_count' value='yes' \/><\/object><\/div>\n<p>                <script type='text\/javascript'>                    var divElement = document.getElementById('viz1545419281522');                    var vizElement = divElement.getElementsByTagName('object')[0];                    vizElement.style.width='700px';vizElement.style.height='477px';                    var scriptElement = document.createElement('script');                    scriptElement.src = 'https:\/\/public.tableau.com\/javascripts\/api\/viz_v1.js';                    vizElement.parentNode.insertBefore(scriptElement, vizElement);                <\/script><\/center><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Applebee\u2019s got back into the operations business this month when it reacquired 69 stores from Apple Gold Group. 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