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The first Red Lobster restaurant was opened on January 18, 1968, in Lakeland, Florida, by entrepreneurs Bill Darden and Charley Woodsby. [11] [12] The oft-quoted date of March 27, 1968, is based on the incorporation date of Red Lobster Inns of America, Inc. (now GMRI, Inc.) in the Florida Secretary of State's Office.
William Bristor Darden (November 17, 1918 – March 29, 1994), known as Bill, was an American businessman and the founder of the Red Lobster restaurant franchise. He is also the namesake of the multi-brand restaurant operator Darden Restaurants, which considers Darden to be its founder.
The company's former logo, used until 2009. William "Bill" Darden opened his first restaurant, The Green Frog, in Waycross, Georgia, in 1938 at age 19.He later founded the Red Lobster Inns of America and opened the first Red Lobster restaurant in Lakeland, Florida, in 1968. [4]
General Mills acquired the restaurant two years later in 1970, before the company split into a restaurant-only firm called Darden Restaurants, who also owned Olive Garden, according to Red Lobster ...
General Mills owned brands like Wheaties, Cheerios and Betty Crocker, and the company wanted to enter the restaurant industry with Red Lobster’s five no-frills restaurants. A Red Lobster in 1989.
Red Lobster is betting on a new 35-year-old CEO to turn around its ailing business. The beleaguered seafood chain last month announced the hire of former P.F. Chang’s CEO Damola Adamolekun under ...
She is the former President of Red Lobster and Executive Vice President of Olive Garden American restaurant chains owned by parent company, Golden Gate Capital. Setta was named president in 2013, while Red Lobster was operated by Darden Restaurants, Inc. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] She served as the Executive Vice President of Marketing for Red Lobster from ...
General Mills acquired the restaurant two years later in 1970, before the company split into a restaurant-only firm called Darden Restaurants, which also owned Olive Garden, according to Red ...