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From glowing corals to vomiting shrimp, animals have used bioluminescence to communicate for millions of years – here’s what scientists still don’t know about it
Humans have long been fascinated by organisms that can produce light. Aristotle, who was a scientist as well as a philosopher, wrote the first detailed descriptions of what he called “cold light” more than 2,000 years ago. More recently, pioneering researchers like World War II Army veteran Emmett Chappelle and deep submergence vehicle pilot Edith […]
Man shot within hours of graduation, Jumbo Shrimp game downtown
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Fired Red Lobster Employees Have Quite the Tales About the “Endless Shrimp” Debacle
Red Lobster officially filed for bankruptcy Monday, after a grim week that saw nearly 100 stores shut down around the country. The restaurant chain has cycled through multiple owners and leadership cabals over the past 10 years, and each of them attempted to stabilize the chain, to no avail. One of these rescue plans was […]
Fired Red Lobster Employees Have Quite the Tales About the “Endless Shrimp” Debacle
Red Lobster officially filed for bankruptcy Monday, after a grim week that saw nearly 100 stores shut down around the country. The restaurant chain has cycled through multiple owners and leadership cabals over the past 10 years, and each of them attempted to stabilize the chain, to no avail. One of these rescue plans was […]
Did Endless Shrimp Really Bankrupt Red Lobster?
shrimp with rice and broccoli – Red Lobster / Facebook The word of Red Lobster’s downfall has been front page news lately — while the chain isn’t out of business, it has announced the closure of what now amounts to nearly 100 restaurants. What’s more, it has now filed for bankruptcy and yes, one of […]
Red Lobster Chain Goes Bankrupt After Unlimited Shrimp Deal
(Bloomberg) — Seafood restaurant chain Red Lobster filed for bankruptcy, succumbing to onerous leases, high labor costs and a disastrous unlimited shrimp promotion. Most Read from Bloomberg The Orlando, Florida-based company filed for Chapter 11 protection on Sunday, listing assets and liabilities of $1 billion to $10 billion each in its bankruptcy petition. The filing […]
Red Lobster to close at least 48 restaurants after ‘endless shrimp’ debacle
The troubled Red Lobster restaurant chain is closing down at least 48 of its roughly 650 branches across the US, according to a restaurant liquidation company. Neal Sherman, the chief executive of TAGeX Brands, said on LinkedIn on Monday that it was assisting with the rapid closure of Red Lobsters in 21 US states, starting […]
Red Lobster, home of the endless shrimp, mulls bankruptcy after spoiling its customers with all-you-can-eat lobster: report
It may be the end of the line for the seafood chain Red Lobster, per Bloomberg. The restaurant is mulling bankruptcy and has sought legal advice, Bloomberg reported. Red Lobster saw an operating loss of $11 million in the third quarter of 2023 and $12.5 million in the fourth quarter. Seafood chain Red Lobster is […]
Red Lobster Is Considering Bankruptcy Partly Due to $11 Million Loss from Endless Shrimp Deal: Report
This comes after Red Lobster reported a $12.5 million operating loss in the fourth quarter of 2023 Luke Sharrett/Bloomberg/Getty Red Lobster is considering a Chapter 11 bankruptcy filing, according to news sources. The restaurant chain is considering filing for bankruptcy amid growing debt, sources with knowledge on the matter told Bloomberg. The restaurant has been […]
Fort Worth food truck does ‘crazy things with hot dogs.’ Would you try PB&J? Shrimp Alfredo?
Inside Look stories give Star-Telegram subscribers exclusive sneak peeks and behind-the-scenes reporting. Story suggestion? Editors@star-telegram.com. Big Dawgs Hot Dog Company owners Juan and Selina Acosta will make plain hot dogs with ketchup and mustard if you ask them, but most of their “glizzys” are a little more complicated. “We do crazy things with hot dogs,” […]
Indian company sold contaminated shrimp to U.S. grocery stores, ‘whistleblower’ says
This story is a product of an NBC News investigation in collaboration with The Outlaw Ocean Project, a nonprofit journalism organization. Joshua Farinella had been working in the seafood industry for eight years when he received an exotic job offer too lucrative to pass up — managing a shrimp factory in southern India. The salary: […]