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  • Applebee's owner Zane Tankel to DC: Don’t hurt biz owners
    06/09/2011

    Zane Tankel is embarked on a huge business expansion -- no thanks to Washington.

    In this slow-growth, regulation-heavy economy, where new jobs are all but gone, Tankel’s ambition is not only welcome, but needed.

    The CEO of Apple Metro anticipates hiring more than 1,000 workers at...

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  • We visited the National Travel Association conference in Montreal!
    17/12/2010

    One of our very own Group Sales Specialists, Niquetta, attended the NTA (National Travel Association) conference in Montreal. See attached to view our own cover girl! Hint: she’s wearing a yellow jacket!

     

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  • Inc. 500 | 5000 Listing
    31/08/2010

    Check out the Apple-Metro bio in Inc. 500 | 5000.

    http://www.inc.com/inc5000/profile/apple-metro

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  • Applebee's Set to Open Fifth Brooklyn Location at Atlantic Terminal
    28/04/2010

    Applebee's Neighborhood Grill & Bar Set to Open Fifth Brooklyn Location at Atlantic Terminal Monday, May 3 at Applebee's Neighborhood Grill & Bar - Atlantic Terminal, Brooklyn, NY

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  • Leading The Restaurant-Expansion Charge
    30/11/2009

    Beyond economic factors, chain growth depends on leadership at corporate and at the restaurants. By David Farkas, Senior Editor -- Chain Leader, 11/25/2009 The role of a restaurant leader has become even more critical amid an economy so uncertain that few chains are willing to expand in the...

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  • How To Survive A Double Whammy? Keep The Faith
    06/08/2009

    Zane Tankel talks to Our Time Press.

    P.G. Wodehouse once wrote, "You can...

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  • Applebee's VIP Event in Bedford - Stuyvesant
    16/01/2009

    On Tuesday, February 22nd, over 500 people attended the VIP Grand Opening Event at the new Applebee's in Bedford-Stuyvesant located on Fulton Street in Restoration Plaza. The event included dedications, proclamations and a ribbon cutting ceremony by New York City Mayor, Michael Bloomberg and...

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  • At the Top of the Food Chain
    16/01/2009

    Fourteen years ago serial entrepreneur Zane Tankel became the New York area franchisee for casual-dining giant Applebee’s. Today he heads a company with 28 restaurants and more than $100 million in sales.

    Click on the link and picture to read the full article in The New York Enterprise...

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  • Thank You Cards
    16/01/2009

    A few notes of thanks from the students that participated in our Chevys Fresh Mex Tortilla Making Class.

    Click on the images above to view the cards.

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  • Zane Tankel Honored as National Police Defense Foundation State Trooper's Coalition Man of the Year
    21/11/2006

    Apple-Metro, Inc. CEO, Zane Tankel, was honored at the 2006 State Troopers Award Dinner on Thursday, November 16, 2006 as Man of the Year.

    You can read more about how and why Zane won this prestigious award by clicking on the attached.

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  • Get in the Money
    29/11/2005

    A single mom with a toddler and a teenager to raise, Stacy Scott was an administrative assistant at Apple-Metro, a New York restaurant - management company. She dreamed about getting a big raise, and one day she asked her boss, HR director Hal Pyke, how to make her dream real. The two came up...

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  • Bold moves help restaurateur succeed in life and business
    17/08/2005

    In 1993, many doubted Apple-Metro Inc. had a recipe for success with the Applebee's restaurant it opened on 42nd Street near Times Square, but entrepreneur Zane Tankel insisted the mid-priced, casual eatery would succeed.

    He was right. Last year, the restaurant gorged on more than $12.5...

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  • Having Words With Zane Tankel
    07/07/2005

    Zane Tankel says he has seen it all while he "flirted" with the restaurant industry for more than 20 years as an investor, owner and operator.

    Click on the image above to read the full article.

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  • Going About the Business of Middle East Peace
    07/06/2005

    Restaurateur is part of group seeking to build joint Jordanian-Israeli research facility.

    f you're one of the thousands of people who visit a Staten Island Applebee's or Chevy's Fresh Mex restaurant each week, here's a little tidbit you won't find on the menu: The man who owns the...

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  • Zane Tankel - Erasing the Lines
    30/03/2005

    Zane Tankel, of Harrison-based Apple-Metro, Inc., is a lot more than a very successful restaurant owner. He owns 24 Applebee's, three Chevys Fresh Mex and two Zanaro's. But when he is not running his $110 million business he's working with a high-power team of colleagues to help bring peace to...

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