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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.
Red Lobster customers will once again be able to eat lobster to their heart's content, with the return of Lobsterfest, known this year as "The Greatest Lobsterfest of All Time," or GLOAT for short ...
With the same surreptitious style, incoming Red Lobster CEO Damola Adamolekun frequented locations of the seafood chain months before he took the helm, assessing its food and how to improve the ...
But Red Lobster’s decline is particularly a loss for many Black diners, who formed a loyal base for the brand and still account for a higher share of customers than other major casual chain ...
“Many diners preferred their seafood fried in those days, and Red Lobster’s hush puppies could be considered an early ‘signature item,’” Joe Lee, the first general manager at Red Lobster ...
Red Lobster has been through one hell of a year. In May, the company officially filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy. Food & Wine reported at the time that the filing included 166 pages of creditors to ...
After shuttering more than 100 locations across the country and filing for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection in May, Red Lobster has hired a new CEO to help revitalize the popular seafood ...