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Red Lobster is an American casual dining restaurant chain that is headquartered in Orlando, Florida. The company has operations in Canada, Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, Qatar, Mexico, and Japan, in addition to the United States. As of February 24, 2013, there were 705 Red Lobster locations worldwide. Golden Gate Capital has been Red Lobster's parent company since it was acquired from Darden Restaurants on July 28, 2014. On August 6, 2014, Red Lobster announced their new headquarters location in CNL Center City Commons in Orlando, Florida, and made the transition in early March 2015. ==History== Red Lobster was founded in March 22, 1968 by entrepreneurs Bill Darden and Charley Woodsby. Originally billed as a "Harbor for Seafood Lovers", the first restaurant in Lakeland, Florida, was followed by several others throughout the southeast. In 1970, General Mills acquired Red Lobster as a five-unit company. With new backing, the chain expanded rapidly in the 1980s. Red Lobster entered Canada in the 1980s, in many cases by buying Ponderosa restaurant locations. The company 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. It exited the Quebec market in September 1997 due to financial losses and never attempted to enter the market in British Columbia.〔 (In French.)〕 On March 29, 1994, Bill Darden died after an extended illness at the age of 75. In 1995, Red Lobster (along with Olive Garden and other sister chains), became part of Darden Restaurants, Inc.. During that time, General Mills decided to release Darden into an independent, publicly traded corporation.〔 The brand specializes in seafood, including lobster, shrimp, fish, crab, and mollusks. File:Red Lobster Restaurant Yonkers NY October 2012.jpg|Red Lobster Restaurant in Yonkers, New York. File:Red Lobster, Kitchener.JPG|The Red Lobster in Kitchener, Ontario. This is one of the Ponderosa remakes, as are most Canadian Red Lobster restaurants. File:Red Lobster, London.JPG|The Red Lobster in London, Ontario. This one is also a Ponderosa remake, and also has an addition to the right, as it was added on when the Dundas location in London closed, around the late 80s. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Red Lobster (restaurant)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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