Comment by throwup238

That's what it looks like to me too. All of the Red Lobsters I know of in California are in some very high volume locations, often in large multi-block shopping malls where everyone in a several mile radius goes to shop. They did a good job front running the state's population growth and locking in some great locations before they became really expensive.

It's pretty much a license to print money as long as the restaurant can maintain competitiveness in quality and cost. All of the restaurants in the strip mall that holds my nearest Red Lobster have been around for over a decade and half of them for over twenty years. The turnover is really low because everyone rakes it in as long as they don't mess it up. Looks like Red Lobster messed it up.