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Dine Brands Global, Inc.

A franchising company behind three restaurant chains — IHOP, Applebee's, and Fuzzy's Taco Shop — with thousands of locations run mostly by independent franchisees. The parent firm was formed by the 2007 merger that joined the two big brands' companies and was renamed Dine Brands in 2018. Fun fact: IHOP's founders hired a Cordon Bleu chef for "international" pancakes, while Applebee's 1980 debut opened as a drugstore-themed "T.J. Applebee's Rx for Edibles & Elixirs."