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Called "your local restaurant", the friendliness of Applebee welcomes guests to "the neighborhood". The chain is known to maintain aCasual atmosphere, offering choices ranging from salads, hamburgers, wings and even a steak. According to the company's website, there is almost2,000 locations across the United States. And the world, and their widespread clientele is used to being served the American style cuisine they have learned to know and love - all at a reasonable price. But recently, Applebee has faced a reaction and calls for a boycott on social media. Read more about how recent events have landed the beloved chain in hot water.

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With the current state of the world, many Americans always turn around the repercussions of the Pandemic of Covid-19, which has led tomass unemployment and financial difficulties. The problems have been aggravated at the end of inflation andRising gasoline price at an alarming rate. Many companies have chosen to lend a careful hand to employees during their time, but an email fromWayne Pankratz, Executive Director of Operations of the US Franchise Capital (a franchisee of Applebee restaurants in Midwest), seems to express the opposite.

As indicated byButtocks, ae-mail From Pankratz to colleagues, dated March 9, found himself on Reddit on March 21st and was then shared on Twitter. In her, theThe executive seemed to be sticky About the benefits that inflation and abandonment of unemployment benefits may have for society. "Most of our employees and potential employees Live Pair Check," E-mail reads by adding that increasing awards will require employees to increase their hours to maintain their way of life. According to Pankratz, the increase in gasoline prices is also advantageous because the surge "will increase the flow of application and likely to reduce our average salary".

"We are no longer competing with the government when it comes to hiring. Stimulus Money is no longer any more, the extra unemployment is now more, "wrote Pankratz. "This takes advantage of rising prices, people who rely on job money, will simply have less money to spend. It will force people to come back to the workforce." According to the initiate,The e-mail would take placeThe location of Applebee in Lawrence, Kansas.

As a result of the leak, Twitter users use the hashtag #BoycottAppleBees, exhorting the guests to avoid the restaurant. Users have expressed strong complaints withA user tweeting, "We do not need another reason not to go to Applebee, but to reduce the salaries of their employees because of inflation? CMON #BOYCOTTAPPLEBEES."

Applebee has responded to direct complaints about meals and service on Twitter, but there is no reference to the controversy on the social media account.

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Follow the tumult generated by email,Pankratz was fired by the company, theSpringfield News-Leader Reported on March 29th. The outlet confirmed through the judicial archives that Pankratz had been an Apple Central LLC Franchisee employee, who belongs to at least the American Franchise Capital, at least as recently as 2012.AE0FCC31AE342FD3A1346EBB1F342FCB

"This is an opinion of an individual, no Applebee's," saidKevin Carroll, Director of Operations at Applebee, in a statement to the insider. "The individual has been terminated by the franchisee and operates the restaurants of this market. Our members of our team are the white stone of our restaurants and franchisees are always looking to reward and encourage team members, new And current, to stay in the family of Applebee. "

The location of Lawrence temporarily closed on March 22 whenSeveral employees leave After reading the email. The location manager,Jake Holcomb, shared the leak e-mail and leave immediately. "I printed a few dozen copies of emails, distributed throughout the restaurant, put them around places so that the waiters can find them," said Holcomb atHead of press. "So I gave everyone in the restaurant their food for free and we just left; we do not even closed the store."

The place of Lawrence reopened on March 23, theHead of pressreported.

Applebee's recently faced an opposite for a different reason, Halter ads on CNN In February 2022 after one of their advertisements broadcast directly after the coverage of the Russian invasion of Ukraine. As indicated by Newsweek , the clip went around Twitter and Applebee's Reported concern and disappointment with the advertising network calendar.

"We are deeply concerned by the situation in Ukraine," said a spokesman for Applebee in a statement to Buttocks . "When we were aware that our announcement was placed in this way, we immediately contacted CNN to pause our advertising on their network. It never had to be broadcast, and we are disappointed with the action of the network. "

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