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Red Lobster [ edit ] In 2024 the Orlando, Florida -based seafood chain Red Lobster slipped towards bankruptcy closing 93 locations and filing for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection on May 20, 2024, with over $1 billion in debt.
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 sale/leaseback that helped sink Red Lobster involved the July 2014 sale of premium real estate underneath 500 of its stores, which generated $1.5 billion.
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 ...
On May 12, 2014, Darden announced that as part of the spinoff of Red Lobster, it was converting the co-located Red Lobster and Olive Garden locations into standalone Olive Garden locations. [27] On May 16, 2014, Darden announced that it would be selling the Red Lobster seafood restaurant chain to Golden Gate Capital for US$2.1 billion. [28]
He told Today there will be a net 20% reduction in menu items, but the company also introduced new dishes like bacon-wrapped sea scallops, lobster bisque, lobster pappardelle pasta, grilled mahi ...