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Red Lobster

All you can eat: The tumultuous history of America’s favorite restaurant deal

by Stacey Vanek Smith
Jun 14, 2024
Endless shrimp, endless breadsticks, endless salad bar — they've nearly killed a lot of restaurants. So why do they keep coming back?
Red Lobster has shuttered more than 80 locations and laid off hundreds of workers, but all-you-can-eat shrimp? Still going.
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As Red Lobster files for bankruptcy, changing tastes take a toll on its casual-dining competitors

by Daniel Ackerman
May 20, 2024
The sector hasn't really recovered from the pandemic closures of their dining rooms, when "they lost their core business model."
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"Endless shrimp" and other deals can backfire on restaurants

by Kristin Schwab
Dec 1, 2023
If bargain hunters skimp on the add-ons, the business may have to eat a loss. For Red Lobster, it was $11 million last quarter.
Red Lobster had to eat a loss because its shrimp promotion was too big a bargain for diners.
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Red Lobster is still riding the Beyoncé wave

by Kai Ryssdal
Feb 12, 2016
First, a spike in sales, now....t-shirts
Cheddar "Bey" Biscuits are probably not going to catch on. 
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Red Lobster gets a boost from Beyoncé

by Kai Ryssdal
Feb 9, 2016
Looks like Red Lobster's sales got into "Formation"
Beyonce released a single last week that mentioned the seafood chain.
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Darden restaurants went through a lot in one year

by Andy Uhler
Sep 22, 2015
From the sale of the Red Lobster chain to the ouster of the board of directors.
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Why Darden ditched biscuits and not breadsticks

by Dan Weissmann
May 16, 2014
Darden is giving up Red Lobster and keeping Olive Garden.
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Red Lobster building huge aquafarm in Malaysia

by Elizabeth Wynne Johnson
Apr 9, 2012
The parent company of Red Lobster will create a 35-square-mile aquafarm to help keep its restaurants from running out of lobster.
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