• az04@lemmy.world
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    2 years ago

    Actually, a Thai seafood producer bought Red Lobster and made it sell products like shrimp at a loss so it could move more product, allegedly. Patrick Boyle does a good dive into it: https://youtu.be/BEDFNcsC0JI

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      2 years ago

      Both are true. The land sale did great short term benefit, terrible 5 year turnout as the fun dries up and they can’t afford rent at a lot of locations as easily. Then the seafood producer put the squeeze on em.