Denny's

Denny's is the largest full-service family restaurant chain in the United States. It operates over 1,600 restaurants in the U.S., Canada, New Zealand, and Japan. Denny's is known for its 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, 365 days a year operations, serving breakfast, lunch, dinner, and dessert around the clock. Many of their restaurants are located in close proximity to freeway exits and in service areas of small towns and remote areas.

Dateline NBC report

In October of 2004, Dateline NBC aired a segment titled "Dirty Dining". This segment examined the ten most popular family and casual dining chainsin the United States, including Bob Evans, Red Lobster, Waffle House, Chili's, Ruby Tuesday, IHOP, Applebee's, TGI Friday's, Outback Steakhouse, and Denny's. As part of the segment, the producers examined the health inspection records for 100 restaurants over 15 months, and totaled up all of the critical violations, or violations that can result in adverse effects to the customers' health.

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October - 2004 - Dateline NBC - Casual dining - Bob Evans - Red Lobster - Waffle House - Chili's - Ruby Tuesday - IHOP - Applebee's - TGI Friday's - Outback Steakhouse - Denny's - Health inspection - Critical violations

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Denny's had the fewest violations of all ten chains evaluated by Dateline and was the only one to average fewer than one violation per restaurant. Denny's and Waffle House were the only two chains studied that operate 24 hours a day–an important factor to consider, as generally, around-the-clock restaurants gather more health code violations. Waffle House ranked the worst of the ten chains examined; Denny's, however, did not seem to be affected by the lack of downtime. Denny's attributes this relative success to its supposed adherence to the principles of HACCP (Hazard Analysis Critical Control Point)—the science of food safety.

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HACCP - Science - Food safety

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