{
  "id": 19516059,
  "title": "How Applebee’s menu innovation pipeline is boosting traffic and spend",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/11/how-applebees-menu-innovation-pipeline-is-boosting-traffic-and-spend",
  "topic": "culture",
  "section": "Culture",
  "published": "2026-11-11T15:26:18.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Restaurant Dive",
    "slug": "restaurant-dive",
    "url": "https://www.restaurantdive.com/news/dine-brands-applebees-ihop-menu-innovation-strategy/874031/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "The chain has eight quarters of menu innovation ready in advance, allowing the chain to offer a new item every three months.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
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  "coverage": {
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}