3 a.m. bankruptcy filings, unpaid millions, and IHOb burgers: Inside the $23 million battle raging within Applebee’s (DIN)

Hollis Johnson/Business Insider Applebee’s parent company, Dine Brands, and its second-largest franchisee, RMH Holdings, are battling in court, with Dine Brands attempting to take control of dozens of the franchisee’s restaurants.  RMH controls more than 140 Applebee’s locations and filed for bankruptcy in May, blaming Dine Brands’ “ill-advised and value-destroying” decisions for struggling sales and […]

IHOP changed its name to IHOb to promote its new burger menu. They’re shockingly good.

Hollis Johnson/Business Insider IHOP‘s decision to rename itself IHOb, or the International House of Burgers, infuriated many customers.  We were skeptical of IHOP’s ability to craft burgers that matched its pancakes in quality.  But after trying the new burgers (with a side of pancakes), we were IHOb converts.    IHOP’s rebrand as IHOb — International […]

IHOP is changing its name to IHOb — I visited the restaurant and saw a big hint that the ‘b’ stands for ‘burgers’

Hollis Johnson IHOP announced last week that it was changing its name to the mysterious “IHOb.”  I visited an IHOP, where they already had signs up potentially revealing the surprise: The ‘b” is for “burgers.” It doesn’t look like the classic menu is going anywhere, though, so you can still get your pancakes.  On Wednesday, […]