R.I.P. Red Lobster - Also Red Lobster General

[RussianParasite]

Offering all you can eat to Amerimutts is perhaps the single most cursed business strategy imaginable.

I read a short business brief on this the other day. The all-you-can eat on certain items was meant to be a loss leader to get more people in the door (and buy more expensive stuff). Thanks to Amerifats, loss lead it did indeed. Lol.

 

[Beavis]

My theory that Long John Silver's secretly operates the entire country is vindicated once again.

Long John Silvers going down the drain is a bummer. They were so good when I was a kid. Dipping my chicken and fries in tartar sauce owned.

 

[reptile baht spaniard rid]

I read a short business brief on this the other day. The all-you-can eat on certain items was meant to be a loss leader to get more people in the door (and buy more expensive stuff). Thanks to Amerifats, loss lead it did indeed. Lol.

All you can eat (either items or the entire restaurant as a buffet) are some of the hardest restaurants to run profitably because one bad decision can blow your margins out of the water. I remember reading some of the strategies to minimize costs (there’s a reason the bread is free at many places, shit is cheap as dirt and fills you up).

 

[斯尼 德之王]

All you can eat (either items or the entire restaurant as a buffet) are some of the hardest restaurants to run profitably because one bad decision can blow your margins out of the water. I remember reading some of the strategies to minimize costs (there’s a reason the bread is free at many places, shit is cheap as dirt and fills you up).

Wouldn't eating bread make you consume less food? It's something that I never understood from places like Olive Garden, after my second round of garlic bread I did not want to eat my pasta.

 

[reptile baht spaniard rid]

Wouldn't eating bread make you consume less food? It's something that I never understood from places like Olive Garden, after my second round of garlic bread I did not want to eat my pasta.

Yep, they want you to have infinite bread so you don’t refill the expensive foods.

 

[Tropical_Paradise]

Maybe some other time

 

[Danann]

Oh thank god the one near me isn't closed yet.

 

[Pee Cola]

Yep, they want you to have infinite bread so you don’t refill the expensive foods.

All-you-can-eat places also make the cheap filler stuff especially delicious. At least that's what Sizzler used to do with their cheesy bread and their potato skins.

 

[Joshua Connor Tomar]

The fake economy can only hold so much. Total collapse is coming. The midcap slightly pricer chains die first then Panda Express I'd imagine

 

[Peaches the Wonder Cat]

I've never been to a Red Lobster. If I went before they shut down for good, what's edible on the menu?

 

[There She Glows]

Red Lobster is goyslop but the cheddar drop biscuits are dead easy to make yourself. If you're feeling especially lazy just pick up a box of Bisquick, mix in some grated cheddar, and top with melted garlic butter when you pull them out of the oven.

 

[Troonos]

Good riddance. Red Lobster has always sucked shit. Same with Olive Garden, Outback Steakhouse, Longhorn, Chili's, Applebee's, TGI Friday's, etc. You'd have to be sub-60 IQ to enjoy this goyslop.

 

[Alex Hogendorp]

Yep, they want you to have infinite bread so you don’t refill the expensive foods.

Considering in the worst economic downturns in communist countries, this is what people lined up for and is all they had.

 

[Cats]

I remember being driven past Red Lobster signs as a kid and imagining that it would be funny if there were Red Globster restaurants that only served things that washed up on shore. I guess I have always been retarded

 

[ProphylacticMagician]

I went there once and didn’t really like anything except for the cheddar biscuits, which I didn’t even like that much.

 

[Cat tit bingo]

Red lobster should restructure into small bakeries since the only thing people care about is the cheddar biscuits. I really wonder how much of the companys business comes from those cheddar biscuits boxed mixes.
Red lobster is one of those restaurants that eternally "used to be good" like Chillis, TGIF or Applebee's, people swear that they where great "just a few years ago" but they've been saying it for decades now and you don't know if there sense of time is just fucked and it was genuinely good 20 years ago or there simply lying to them selves

 

[Ozul]

Yay, mine is on the list. It was never my choice to go there, my boomer gransparents would choose to go there for "special occasions" because they legitimately thought it was a "fancy" restaurant. (I don't know why, it was always dirty, full of niggers, and has those tacky laminated printed menus.) They keep the lighting down to try to hide the grime but it's still very visible if you look. Everything from the walls, chairs and tables always feel sticky. Thank GOD I never have to go there again.

The food was always meh, I would put it on the same tier as applebees. Way too greasy, mostly fried slop.

 

[Rekeita's Kidneys]

Another sign of the economy being ever so swell.

 

[VF-1S Valkyrie]

I have only ever gone there for endless shrimp at the behest of my brother, and regretted it ever since, that shit is a scam. I only get one recipe of shrimp that isn't breaded or served on pasta? Don't think I don't see what that is.

 

[Zbk3VmLfujjzjxBd43tL]

I've never been to a Red Lobster. If I went before they shut down for good, what's edible on the menu?

The whole lobster. They kill it right there at the restaurant, so it's actually fresh and tastes good. Maybe the crab legs too if they have them (they're usually seasonal), but I have only had the crab legs there like once or twice.

If you're going to eat anything else, make sure it's fried because the grease and oil hides the kinda stale taste everything has. It all tastes like it came out of a bag or a can.