UNITED STATES
                       SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                             Washington, D.C. 20549

                                    FORM 8-K


                                 Current Report




                PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES
                              EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934



Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported)       June 11, 2002
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Commission File Number:    000-17962


                         Applebee's International, Inc.
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             (Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

            Delaware                                      43-1461763
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  (State or other jurisdiction of           (I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)
   incorporation or organization)

          4551 W. 107th Street, Suite 100, Overland Park, Kansas 66207
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              (Address of principal executive offices and zip code)

                                 (913) 967-4000
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              (Registrant's telephone number, including area code)


                                      None
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          (Former name or former address, if changed since last report)




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Item 9.           Regulation FD Disclosure

     On June 11, 2002,  Applebee's International,  Inc. (the "Company") issued a
press release entitled "Applebee's International to Present at the U.S.  Bancorp
Piper Jaffray Consumer Conference."  The press release is included below.





                                                           FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Contact:  Carol DiRaimo,
          Director of Investor Relations
          (913) 967-4109

                   Applebee's International to Present at the
                 U.S. Bancorp Piper Jaffray Consumer Conference

     Overland  Park,  Kan.,  June 11,  2002 --  Applebee's  International,  Inc.
(Nasdaq:APPB)  will be  presenting at the U.S.  Bancorp  Piper Jaffray  Consumer
Conference  to be held in New York on  Thursday,  June 13,  2002,  at 1:10  p.m.
Eastern Time. A webcast of this presentation will be available over the Internet
at  http://www.gotoanalysts.com/cc/webcast  and will  also be  available  at the
Investor  Relations  section of the company's website  (www.applebees.com).  The
archived  webcast  will be  available  for a  period  of 90 days  following  the
conference.

     Applebee's  International,  Inc.,  headquartered  in Overland  Park,  Kan.,
currently  develops,  franchises and operates  restaurants  under the Applebee's
Neighborhood  Grill and Bar brand,  the  largest  casual  dining  concept in the
world. There are currently 1,417 Applebee's restaurants operating system-wide in
49  states  and  seven  international   countries.   Additional  information  on
Applebee's    International    can   be   found   at   the   company's   website
(www.applebees.com).


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                                   SIGNATURES


Pursuant  to the  requirements  of the  Securities  Exchange  Act of  1934,  the
registrant  has duly  caused  this  report  to be  signed  on its  behalf by the
undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.

                                             APPLEBEE'S INTERNATIONAL, INC.
                                             (Registrant)


Date:      June 11, 2002                     By:/s/ Steven K. Lumpkin
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                                               Steven K. Lumpkin
                                               Executive Vice President and
                                               Chief Financial Officer



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