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Diners should notice new d茅cor and increased staffing at the six sa国际传媒官网网页入口 Applebee鈥檚 locations.

Flynn Restaurant Group acquired the locations in July and is investing approximately $4 million in renovations.

鈥淭hey鈥檙e going to completely be transformed and remodeled,鈥� said Dan Krebsbach, president of Apple American Group, the subsidiary that runs Flynn Applebee鈥檚 franchise locations. 鈥淲e鈥檙e hoping to have that accomplished by sometime in late September, certainly by the end of October. Five out of the six locations will have a complete different look from the exterior to the interior.鈥�

Flynn already owns 11 New Mexico Applebee鈥檚 locations and over 400 Applebee鈥檚 locations total. The Apple American Group is the largest Applebee鈥檚 franchisee with 28% of the Applebee鈥檚 system, Krebsbach said. With the purchase, Flynn will own most of the New Mexico Applebee鈥檚 locations. Another franchisee owns several restaurants near the Texas border, Krebsbach said.

The new owners are focused on increasing staffing levels at the New Mexico locations. An average Applebee鈥檚 has a staff of 60, Krebsbach said. The sa国际传媒官网网页入口 locations are staffed near half those levels, so 20 to 25 staff members could be added at each location. The company plans to hire 100 to 200 additional staff members statewide, but staffing additions will depend on how much the reinvestment in the restaurants increases sales. Higher volume Applebee鈥檚 typically employ 80 people, while lower volume locations employ roughly 50.

The sa国际传媒官网网页入口 Applebee鈥檚 pay servers the tipped minimum wage, while cook wages vary on experience. Back of house wages are typically $18 to $26 per hour.

The New Mexico locations Flynn already owned are well staffed, Krebsbach said, so he thinks the sa国际传媒官网网页入口 locations will be able to attract employees. The key to attracting and retaining restaurant staff is good managers, he said.

鈥淓very restaurant runs with at least four managers. We basically have a three-manager coverage each shift, so you have an opening manager, mid-manager and a closing manager and those managers are there to support the associates,鈥� Krebsbach said. 鈥淲e work hard to keep our restaurants staffed with managers. If we鈥檙e 100% staffed, I want to be 110% staffed, so we constantly focus on that.鈥�

Krebsbach is hopeful that diners who haven鈥檛 visited in a while will have a good experience if they return.

鈥淲e really feel like for the current associates in these restaurants, it鈥檚 just going to be a very positive experience for them, and we鈥檙e really looking forward to being a bigger part of the sa国际传媒官网网页入口 community,鈥� Krebsbach said. 鈥淲e take a lot of pride in the food and the service that we deliver.鈥�

The Applebee鈥檚 are located on Lomas, Yale, Montgomery, Menaul and Coors.