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Red Lobster is the nation's largest full-service seafood restaurant chain and is owned and operated by Orlando-based Darden Restaurants. Bill Darden, who opened the first Red Lobster in Lakeland, Fla, founded the chain in 1968. After becoming part of General Mills in 1970, Red Lobster was expanded throughout the Southeast and eventually nationwide. Its locations became popular in land-locked states in the 1970s and 1980s when lobster tails and calamari were not commonly found on local menus. Darden introduced a new restaurant prototype in 2007 that featured a more refined, contemporary look. It also launched an ad campaign that dropped its longtime signature tagline "For the seafood lover in...
Red Lobster is the nation's largest full-service seafood restaurant chain and is owned and operated by Orlando-based Darden Restaurants. Bill Darden, who opened the first Red Lobster in Lakeland, Fla, founded the chain in 1968. After becoming part of General Mills in 1970, Red Lobster was expanded throughout the Southeast and eventually nationwide. Its locations became popular in land-locked states in the 1970s and 1980s when lobster tails and calamari were not commonly found on local menus. Darden introduced a new restaurant prototype in 2007 that featured a more refined, contemporary look. It also launched an ad campaign that dropped its longtime signature tagline "For the seafood lover in you" and replaced it with "Come see what's fresh today." For fiscal year 2007, the chain, which had 680 locations, recorded sales of $2.6 billion, or an average of $3.8 million per restaurant.
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Same-sex couples as parents
CNN recently aired a documentary titled "Gary and Tony Have a Baby," where CNN's Soledad O'Brien followed a same-sex couple in "their struggle against the legal and personal obstacles to become parents" and their quest to achieve a life as mainstream as...Tags: Burbank (Los Angeles, California), Marriage, Gays and Lesbians, California, Crime, Law and Justice
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Phillipsburg Mall ordered for sale
Phillipsburg Mall is home to anchors like Sears, Bon-Ton, Kohl's and JCPenney's. But have you noticed that the mall's corridors are riddled with vacancies? I witnessed the sea of empty storefronts as I walked through the mall during lunchtime Wednesday....
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Chain restaurants don't meet U.S. nutrition guidelines, study says
Plenty of restaurants have been advertising their efforts to offer healthful choices, and it’s possible to eat carefully just about anywhere. But researchers say nearly all the entrees they reviewed at 245 U.S. chains fail to meet federal...
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Steakhouse coming to Easton area
Retail WatchThe Lehigh Valley has added several new steakhouses in recent years. Now, activity shifts to Lower Nazareth Township where a LongHorn Steakhouse is being constructed at Lower Nazareth Commons shopping center off Route 248, according to the restaurant's... -
Olive Garden, Red Lobster, LongHorn launch e-gift cards
Olive Garden, Red Lobster and LongHorn Steakhouse have gotten a little more high-tech. The three restaurants, owned by Orlando-based Darden Restaurants, have launched emailed gift cards that people can order on the chains' websites and send instantly...
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Chefs teach students for the day at Severn school
The sizzle echoed through the halls of the Center of Applied Technology North in Severn, emanating from the school's culinary arts baking and pastry lab, where it was joined by a tempting aroma. Normally, a restaurant kitchen would be responsible for such...Tags: Dining and Drinking, Aquaculture, Cupcake Wars (tv program), Restaurant and Catering Industry, Olive Garden
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Favorite millennial restaurants: In-N-Out, Chick-fil-A
Millennials, the 19- to 34-year-olds who eat out more than any other generation, are considered by restaurant owners to be the new golden geese. But luring them in is a tricky affair. They're not just looking for tasty treats at a good value. What they...
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Some chains get a head start, put calories on menus
A federal law requiring chain restaurants to print calories on menus still hasn't gone into effect, but some eateries have begun giving customers the information anyway.
At Bahama Breeze, owned by Orlando-based Darden Restaurants, kids' menus now say how...Tags: New York City, Lobbying, Companies and Corporations, Cheddar Cheese, Crime, Law and Justice
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Bonnie Lynch: Orlando woman taught others 'The Red Lobster Way'
Preparing shrimp, frying fish and greeting guests at Red Lobster is done a certain way.
It's called "The Red Lobster Way," and for almost seven years, Bonnie Lynch trained employees of the seafood restaurant chain. When Red Lobster began expanding in the...Tags: Obituaries, Orange Blossom Trail, Orlando Restaurants, Heart Disease, Seafood and Fishing Industry
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Darden seeks smooth sailing with Eddie V's
Orlando-based Darden Restaurants puzzled some analysts when it decided to buy the small Eddie V's Prime Seafood chain last year.
They had expected the world's largest casual-dining company to buy something bigger. And seafood restaurants, particularly...Tags: Economy, Business and Finance, Companies and Corporations, International Drive, Dining and Drinking, Seafood and Fishing Industry
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Olive Garden stocks Sam's Club shelves with dressing, cheese
Olive Garden's Italian salad dressing and shredded cheese are now for sale in Sam's Club stores across the country. The Italian chain, owned by Orlando-based Darden Restaurants, said Wednesday the products will be sold at Sam's Club stores exclusively...
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Chelsea Clinton back on 'Rock Center' with another lame report
The Baltimore SunThe learning curve for Chelsea Clinton, special correspondent, continues to bend in the wrong direction. Clinton's Wednesday night report on chain restaurants that donate leftover food to charity was slightly better than her previous efforts. But only...Tags: Restaurant and Catering Industry, Olive Garden, NBC (tv network), Sports, Abe Vigoda
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