Comment by Zenzero

The people in PE don't concern themselves with the wellbeing of a company in any sort of moral or sentimental sense. The company's future is dependent on what turns the highest profit on their time and investment. Sometimes the most money is made in value extraction and crippling the company long term. They are the vampires and vultures of the economy.

In fact you could argue that Red Lobster has suffered from a long term decline due to poor positioning in the marketplace, and the PE shops are accelerating what was likely to happen anyway.