Dine Brands Global, Inc. (NYSE:DIN) Q2 2022 Earnings Conference Call August 9, 2022 9:00 AM ET

CompanyParticipants

John Peyton - CEO

Vance Chang - CFO

John Cywinski - President, Applebee’s

Jay Johns - President, IHOP

Brett Levy - VP, IR & Treasury

Conference Call Participants

Jeff Bernstein - Barclays

Eric Gonzalez - KeyBanc Capital Markets

Nick Setyan - Wedbush Securities

Todd Brooks - The Benchmark Company

Brian Mullan - Deutsche Bank

Brian Vaccaro - Raymond James

Jake Bartlett - Truist Securities

Operator

Good day, and thank you for standing by. Welcome to the Dine Brands Global Inc. Second Quarter 2022 Earnings Conference Call.

I would now like to hand the conference over to your speaker for today, Brett Levy, Vice President of Investor Relations and Treasury, of Dine Brands Global. Brett, Please go ahead.

Brett Levy

Good morning, and welcome to Dine Brands' second quarter conference call. I'm Brett Levy, Vice President of Investor Relations and Treasury for Dine Brands Global, and I’m joined by John Peyton, CEO; Vance Chang, CFO; Jay Johns, President of IHOP; and John Cywinski, President of Applebee's.

Before we turn the call over to John, please remember our safe harbor regarding forward-looking information. During the call, management may discuss information that is forward-looking and involves known and unknown risks, uncertainties, and other factors, which may cause the actual results to be different than those expressed or implied. Please evaluate the forward-looking information in the context of these factors, which are detailed in today's press release and 10-Q filing. The forward-looking statements are as of today, and assumes no obligation to update or supplement these statements. We may also refer to certain non-GAAP financial measures, which are described in our press release and also available on Dine Brands' Investor Relations website. Beginning with this release, we have returned to our prior quarterly same-store or comparable store sales schedule, rather than the more recent practice of sharing monthly results, which we believe became temporarily necessary during the peak of the pandemic, given significant month-to-month volatility and uncertainty during the time.

With that, I'll turn the call over to John.

John Peyton

Thanks, Brett. Welcome to the team, and good morning, everyone. Brett brings to Dine more than 25 years of advisory and investment experience in the restaurant and retail sectors, both on the sell side and on the buy side. And prior to joining us, Brett was a publishing analyst for Deutsche Bank, UBS, and MKM Partners, covering the restaurant industry. He received his degree in economics from Rutgers, and I know he’s going to be a great asset as Dine continues to grow. And we're looking forward to Brett driving our shareholder engagement and outreach. Welcome, Brett, to the team.