10 Facts About Red Lobster

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Red Lobster Hospitality LLC is an American casual dining restaurant chain headquartered in Orlando, Florida.

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Red Lobster has operations across most of the United States and Canada, as well as in China, Ecuador, Guam, Hong Kong, Japan, Malaysia, Mexico, Philippines, Puerto Rico, Turkey and the United Arab Emirates; as of June 23,2020, the company had 719 locations worldwide.

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Red Lobster entered Canada in the 1980s, in many cases by buying Ponderosa restaurant locations.

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Currently, Red Lobster generally maintains between 25 and 30 locations in Canada, the bulk in larger urban centres in Ontario with a smaller number in larger urban centres in all three Prairie provinces.

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In 1995, Red Lobster, became part of Darden Restaurants, Inc During that time, General Mills decided to release Darden into an independent, publicly traded corporation.

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6.

In 2009, Red Lobster debuted its new Bar Harbor restaurant prototype modeled after coastal New England architecture.

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On May 12,2014, Darden announced that as part of its spinoff of Red Lobster, it was converting the co-located Red Lobster and Olive Garden locations into standalone Olive Garden locations.

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Red Lobster has offered an endless snow crab leg promotion twice in its history.

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9.

Red Lobster introduced a new Daily Deals menu in 2020, featuring Endless Shrimp Mondays and more deals.

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10.

In February 2016, Inside Edition reported that Red Lobster used a mix of less expensive langostino along with Maine lobster in their lobster bisque recipe.

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