IHOP Corp. is betting $2.1 billion that it's got the recipe to get Applebee's restaurants cooking again: Own less, franchise more.The Glendale-based restaurant chain famous for its pancakes agreed Monday to acquire the much bigger Applebee's International Inc., whose casual restaurants cater to the lunch-and-dinner crowd.
Applebee's has been struggling with declining profit as many of its customers cut their spending to grapple with higher gasoline prices and mortgage payments, industry experts
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