Latasha Transrina KebeUNWINEWITHTASHAK · Influencer

Red Lobster Brings In Flava Flav In Attempt to Save The Franchise

Name: Red Lobster Brings In Flava Flav In Attempt to Save The Franchise
Uploaded: 2024-07-10T11:00:30+00:00
Duration: 59 s
Channel: Latasha Transrina Kebe
Description: In this informal, comedic commentary, the speaker outlines Red Lobster’s recent financial trouble after being sold by Darden for over $1 billion, noting…

10 Jul 2024 · 1 min

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In this informal, comedic commentary, the speaker outlines Red Lobster’s recent financial trouble after being sold by Darden for over $1 billion, noting that the new owners inherited a declining seafood chain. The speaker contrasts Red Lobster’s high prices and small shrimp portions with Juicy Crab’s low‑cost, all‑in‑one bag model that sells a plate for $30. A personal anecdote describes how the speaker would bring multiple containers to Red Lobster to collect various shrimp dishes, highlighting the perceived scarcity and quality disparity between adult shrimp and kids’ popcorn shrimp. The speaker mentions Red Lobster’s new partnership with Flavor Flav, expressing doubt about its effectiveness, and concludes by recommending that Red Lobster adopt Juicy Crab’s business concept to revamp its seafood sales.

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So Red Lobster here, uh, is trying to save their business because Darden made off with over $1 billion, sold it to this company, and this company took over a dying industry all because Juicy Crab came along and sold everything in one bag with some salt and garlic butter and made out with $30 a plate. This stuff is too expensive, okay? And they don't give enough shrimp. Now I know they do the endless shrimp, and that's what really put them under, because people was coming in there stealing shrimp. I would go in there with my plastic container and tell them to bring out more shrimp, and and I would have scampi in one box, Walt's fried shrimp in another box, popcorn shrimp for the kids, 'cause you know you don't give the kids the good shrimp, you give them the popcorn shrimp. And then yeah, I will put everything in my bag and take it out. So now they're doing Red Lobster x Flavor Flav, all right? And so I don't know if this is going to work. They are just going to have to revamp the way they sell the seafood. And if I was Red Lobster, I would just bring Juicy Crab's concept right on into the building.