Dine Brands Global, Inc. reports developments across a restaurant platform built around Applebee’s Neighborhood Grill + Bar, IHOP and Fuzzy’s Taco Shop. Company news commonly covers quarterly results, comparable restaurant sales, franchise activity, company-owned restaurants, dividends, capital allocation priorities and restaurant development initiatives across its largely franchised model.
Brand-level updates often focus on Applebee’s casual dining promotions, beverage programs, off-premise ordering and limited-time menu launches, along with Fuzzy’s Taco Shop fast-casual menu activity. Dine Brands also reports business responsibility initiatives tied to people, food, governance, communities and franchisee operations.
Dine Brands Global (NYSE: DIN) will release its third quarter 2026 financial results on November 4, 2026, before the stock market opens. The company will host a conference call that morning at 11:00 a.m. Eastern Time to discuss financial results and its business outlook. A live webcast and a limited-time replay will be available on its investor relations website.
Dine Brands Global (DIN) brand Applebee’s is introducing a Halloween wing promotion for online orders from October 25–31, 2026. The limited-time Hallowings Bucket includes 20 Boneless Wings for $12.99, available exclusively for To Go and delivery orders through Applebee’s website or mobile app. No promo code is required.
The offer applies at participating locations while supplies last and excludes third-party delivery sites. Delivery coverage varies by restaurant. Applebee’s also has a seasonal Spooky Sips menu featuring $6 cocktails, mocktails and dirty sodas.
Dine Brands Global (DIN) brand Applebee’s has brought back its limited-time Sizzlin’ Skillets menu, with prices starting at $12.99.
The lineup adds Cheesy Chicken and Chicken & Shrimp Scampi skillets alongside returning options, including Garlic Sirloin. Orders are available for dine-in, To Go and delivery. Price, participation and selection may vary; tax and gratuity are excluded. Applebee’s also offers a limited-time Spooky Sips menu featuring $6 cocktails, mocktails and dirty sodas.
Dine Brands (DIN), through its Fuzzy’s Taco Shop brand, is relaunching its Halloween-themed Draco menu from September 21 to November 8, 2026, featuring the revamped Draco Taco II, new Draco’rrito, returning Drac ‘A Rita and the Midnight Matador cocktail, plus a $5 Modelo draft at participating locations.
On October 6, 2026, Fuzzy’s will also celebrate National Taco Day with $2 Original Tacos all day and guaranteed-win scratch-off cards for rewards members, offering prizes such as free chips and queso, taco deals and a grand prize of free tacos for a year, defined as two tacos per week for 52 weeks. As of June 28, 2026, Fuzzy’s operates 97 restaurants across 15 states, franchised by affiliates of Dine Brands.
Dine Brands Global (DIN) is expanding its dual-branded Applebee’s | IHOP format with a new San Antonio, TX restaurant.
The location at 2607 W. Loop 1604 S. is the eighth dual-branded site in the greater San Antonio area and contributes to nearly 50 Applebee’s | IHOP dual-branded restaurants nationwide less than two years after the first U.S. unit. Dine Brands plans to reach approximately 80 domestic dual-branded locations by the end of 2026.
IHOP (DIN) is bringing back its Stuffed French Toast menu item nationwide at participating restaurants starting Monday, September 14.
The item, described as IHOP’s most-requested dish on social media, returns as a dedicated menu category with new Strawberry Vanilla and Blueberry Vanilla varieties filled with sweet cream. The relaunch is supported by the “Fancy a French Toast?” marketing campaign, which promotes Stuffed French Toast as an accessible everyday indulgence.
Applebee’s (DIN) will mark National Cheeseburger Day with a one-day $8.99 Classic Burger or Classic Cheeseburger with fries offer on September 18, 2026, available for dine-in and To Go via Applebees.com or the Applebee’s app at participating locations.
The deal covers Classic Burgers and Classic Cheeseburgers, both served with fries, but is not valid on third-party delivery platforms. All month, guests can also order the viral O-M-Cheese Burger and the new O-M-Cheese-adilla Burger on the dine-in-only 2 for $25 menu, which includes one appetizer and two full-size entrées. Applebee’s reports a system of 1,439 franchised restaurants plus 118 company-owned locations as of June 28, 2026.
Dine Brands Global (DIN) will participate in two investor conferences in September 2026, featuring meetings with institutional investors and fireside chats.
The company will join the Barclays 19th Annual Global Consumer Conference in Boston on September 9, 2026 at 3:00 p.m. ET, and the Piper Sandler Growth Frontiers Conference in Nashville on September 15, 2026 at 2:30 p.m. CT. Live webcasts and limited-time replays of each fireside chat will be accessible via the Investor Relations section of the company’s website.
Dine Brands Global (DIN) declared a quarterly cash dividend of $0.19 per share for the third quarter of 2026. The dividend is payable on October 9, 2026 to stockholders of record as of the close of business on September 16, 2026.
Dine Brands (NYSE: DIN), through its Applebee’s brand, introduced a limited-time O-M-Cheese-adilla Burger, a skillet-served variant of the Quesadilla Burger loaded with molten queso, melted Cheddar, bacon, Pepper Jack cheese and tortilla chips. The item is available on Applebee’s 2 for $25 menu, which pairs one select appetizer with two select entrées.
Applebee’s also added the O-M-Cheese Chicken Nachos appetizer and expanded its seasonal Spooky Sips lineup with two new $6 Mucho Halloween cocktails and two alcohol-free beverages. According to Applebee’s, the chain and its franchisees operated 1,439 franchised and 118 company-owned restaurants as of June 28, 2026.