Applebee's owner Dine Brands to lean on value, marketing to reverse sales declines

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  Applebee's owner Dine Brands to lean on value, marketing to reverse sales declines

  Dine Brands hopes to boost sales this year with a wider swath of value meals and buzzier advertising after a rough 2024 for Applebee’s and IHOP.
  
  NBC News - 11m

• Applebee’s ‘underwhelming’ $9.99 meal deal draws downgrade for Dine Brands

  Analyst cuts Dine Brands to neutral after the “Really Big Meal Deal” offers value but doesn’t improve same-store sales at Applebee’s.
  
  MarketWatch - 6d
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  Funding agreed at UN conference in Rome that would attempt to tackle the rapid loss of biodiversity
  
  BBC News - 6d
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  Supreme Court leans toward reviving straight woman's reverse discrimination claim

  The Supreme Court appeared likely to allow a woman to pursue a claim that she was discriminated at work because she is straight.
  
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  Hyundai counts on Inster to reverse steep EV sales slide in Europe

  Yahoo News - Feb. 24
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  BP’s chief aims to more than double market value to $200bn

  Murray Auchincloss predicts ‘tremendous’ demand for oil and gas beyond 2050
  
  Financial Times - Feb. 27

• Papa John’s says it’s focusing on value in a tough pizza market

  The pizza chain’s CEO said he’s pleased with the “early progress” in its transformation.
  
  MarketWatch - Feb. 27
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  For sale by owner: Federal office buildings can help the housing crisis

  The Trump administration is considering selling or canceling leases on thousands of empty federal buildings to help solve the dual problems of a surplus of empty federal office buildings and the ...
  
  The Hill - 2d
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  Stock Market Sees Biggest Declines of Trump’s Presidency So Far

  Fueling a 1.7 percent decline on Friday was an unexpected drop in the University of Michigan’s consumer sentiment index, as Americans worried about stubborn inflation.
  
  The New York Times - Feb. 21

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