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Amarillo IHOP Linked To Salmonella Outbreak

By Marler Clark LLP

<p><img width="200" vspace="5" hspace="5" height="150" align="left" src="http://kfda.images.worldnow.com/images/8515985_BG1.jpg" alt="" />For the third time in three months, the International House of Pancakes (IHOP) in Amarillo, Texas is closed<span style="font-weight: bold;">--this time  at  least  seven  confirmed cases of salmonella are linked to  the restaurant.</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: bold;">With its location just off Interstate 40 at Western, the IHOP could well be sending a lot more sick people down the road.</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: bold;">Since we don't have a whole lot more on this one yet, how about the history of IHOP on its 50th birthday!</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: bold;"><br /> IHOP AT 50</span></p> <p>1958 -- Brothers Al and Jerry Lapin open the first International House of Pancakes restaurant in Toluca Lake, Calif.</p> <p>1961 -- The Lapins sell the first International House of Pancakes franchise to an investor from Kentucky.</p> <p>1961 -- The company of pancake restaurant chains goes public. It's one of the first-ever restaurant companies to sell stock.</p> <p>1963 -- International House of Pancakes adopts the corporate name International Industries as it begins to acquire several brands, including Orange Julius and The Original House of Pies, as well as non-restaurant businesses.</p> <p>1966 -- Al Lapin Jr. buys brother Jerry Lapin's half of the business after the two have different ideas about the future of the company.</p> <p>1972 -- Al Lapin Jr. loses control of the company as International Industries struggles.</p> <p>1972 -- The acronym IHOP first appears as part of a marketing campaign.</p> <p>1975 -- International Industries folds, and IHOP reorganizes as a business entity.</p> <p>1979 -- The last of the iconic IHOP A-frame franchise restaurants is built.</p> <p>1979 -- Swiss company Wienerwald Holdings purchases a majority interest in IHOP.</p> <p>1982 -- Wienerwald files for bankruptcy; IHOP is taken over by another Swiss company called Svido.</p> <p>1984 -- IHOP introduces the popular Rooty Tooty Fresh 'n Fruity breakfast on its menus.</p> <p>1987 -- Then-IHOP CFO Richard K. Herzer and a team of investors purchase IHOP and begin rebuilding the company.</p> <p>1992 -- The 500th IHOP restaurant opens for business.</p> <p>1993 -- The average sales per IHOP restaurant exceeds $1 million for the first time.</p> <p>1998 -- IHOP systemwide sales reach $1 billion for the first time.</p> <p>2001 -- The 1,000th IHOP opens.</p> <p>2002 -- Julia A. Stewart is appointed president of IHOP.</p> <p>2007 -- IHOP acquires Applebee's International Inc. for a reported $2.1 billion.</p> <p>2008 -- IHOP opens its 1,361st restaurant and celebrates its <strong>50th year of serving pancakes.</strong><br />  </p> <p> </p><img src="http://feeds.lexblog.com/~r/SalmonellaBlog/~4/507364902" height="1" width="1"/>

Full post as published by Salmonella Blog on January 09, 2009 (boomark / email).