Dine Brands Global Releases 2025 Business Responsibility Report

The new report underscores Dine Brands’ continued commitment to Dine Together, highlighting meaningful impact across its restaurants, franchisees, and communities.

PASADENA, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Dine Brands Global, Inc. (NYSE: DIN), the parent company of Applebee's Neighborhood Grill + Bar®, Fuzzy’s Taco Shop®, and IHOP® restaurants, today released its 2025 Business Responsibility Report.

The report reflects the continued evolution of Dine’s Business Responsibility strategy, highlighting progress and ongoing initiatives across its four strategic pillars and demonstrating how the company is strengthening performance, resilience, and trust across its global system.

“Our 2025 Business Responsibility Report marks another step forward in our work across people, planet, food, and governance,” said John Peyton, CEO of Dine Brands. “These efforts help us manage risk, make smarter long‑term decisions, strengthen our brands, and support franchisees as they operate efficient, trusted restaurants in the communities we serve.”

The 2025 Dine Together report highlights include the following:

• Earned the Great Place to Work Certification™ for the fourth consecutive year, reflecting Dine Brands’ ongoing commitment to a strong workplace culture.
• Donated 6.7 metric tons of food to local organizations, supporting community partners and reducing waste.
• Raised $2.2 million by Applebee's and U.S. franchisees to advance Alex’s Lemonade Stand Foundation mission to fight childhood cancer.
• Raised $161,614--estimated to provide 1.6 million meals--through IHOP and U.S. franchisees in support of Feeding America’s hunger-relief efforts.
• Joined forces with the CEO Pledge and No Kid Hungry® to help end summer hunger for children across the U.S.
• Served 672,993 free meals on Veterans Day to active-duty military, veterans, reservists and National Guard members.
• Reduced polypropylene (PP) plastic use by over 5% through the redesign of IHOP’s large take-out lid, eliminating an estimated 235,000 pounds of PP annually beginning in 2026.
• Transitioned Fuzzy’s Taco Shop gift cards from plastic to Forest Stewardship Council (FSC) certified paper stock.
• Achieved 100% cage-free eggs across U.S. Applebee’s and IHOP Restaurants.

For more information on the 2025 Dine Together, Responsibly Report, please visit https://www.dinebrands.com/en/business-responsibility.

About Dine Brands Global, Inc.

Based in Pasadena, California, Dine Brands Global, Inc. (NYSE: DIN), through its subsidiaries and franchisees, supports and operates restaurants under the Applebee's Neighborhood Grill + Bar®, IHOP®, and Fuzzy’s Taco Shop® brands. As of December 28, 2025, these three brands consisted of over 3,500 restaurants across 20 international markets. Dine Brands is one of the largest full-service restaurant companies in the world and in 2022 expanded into the Fast Casual segment. For more information on Dine Brands, visit the Company’s website located at www.dinebrands.com.

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