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Read More »Applebee’s franchise exec says high gas prices could help them cut wages. Now the restaurant faces a backlash.
To Applebee’s franchise executive Wayne Pankratz, surging gas prices are an opportunity for his business, rather than a downside. That’s because, as he told managers at franchise owner Apple Central in an emailed memo, the pool of people who work at Applebee’s live “paycheck to paycheck” and will be forced …
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