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It exited the Quebec market in September 1997, due to financial losses, and never attempted to enter British Columbia

#Red lobster near me application plus

Currently, Red Lobster generally maintains between 25 and 30 locations in Canada, the bulk in larger urban centres in Ontario (across southern Ontario plus one in Sudbury, in northern Ontario) with a smaller number in larger urban centres in all three Prairie provinces. Red Lobster entered Canada in the 1980s, in many cases by buying Ponderosa restaurant locations. In 1970, General Mills acquired Red Lobster as a five-unit company and with new backing, the chain expanded rapidly in the 1980s. Originally billed as the 'Harbor for Seafood Lovers', the first restaurant was followed by four others throughout the American South. (now GMRI, Inc.) in the Florida Secretary of State's Office. The oft-quoted date of Mais based on the incorporation date of Red Lobster Inns of America, Inc. The first Red Lobster restaurant was opened on January 18, 1968, in Lakeland, Florida, by entrepreneurs Bill Darden and Charley Woodsby. On March 6, 2015, Red Lobster officially opened the Restaurant Support Center. On August 6, 2014, Red Lobster announced its new headquarters location in CNL Center City Commons in Orlando. Seafood supplier Thai Union acquired a 25 percent stake in the company in 2016 for a reported $575 million, and in 2020 purchased the remaining portion from GGC. Golden Gate Capital became Red Lobster's parent company when it was acquired from Darden Restaurants on July 28, 2014.

The company has operations across most of the United States (including Puerto Rico and Guam) and Canada, as well as in China, Ecuador, Hong Kong, Japan, Malaysia, Mexico, Philippines, Turkey and the United Arab Emirates as of June 23, 2020, the company had 719 locations worldwide. Red Lobster Hospitality LLC is an American casual dining restaurant chain headquartered in Orlando, Florida.