Red Lobster's Comeback Gamble
Endless Shrimp is BACK at Red Lobster… a headline few people in the business world would have predicted.
The promotion played an over-hyped role in the company's 2024 bankruptcy filing, mostly because it was easier to explain than a bad real estate leaseback deal led by investors at the time – the actual cause of Red Lobster's financial trouble.
Their new CEO, Damola Adamolekun, is best known for leading the turnaround at P.F. Chang's and was handpicked by Fortress Investment Group, the investors that bought Red Lobster out of bankruptcy.
In November 2024, Adamolekun told Today he had ended…
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