Red Lobster pushes to close 23 more locations across a dozen states within days after already shutting 100 restaurants

RED Lobster’s restaurant bloodbath will continue as the chain is set to close another 23 locations within days.

The struggling retailer has already closed over 100 spots since it filed for bankruptcy in May.

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Red Lobster filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy on May 19.

The chain’s CEO Jonathan Tibus previously said the company hoped to restructure the business during this time.

Red Lobster recently announced that it would reject leases at certain locations the chain has deemed unprofitable, according to the Orlando Business Journal .

23 of the chain’s restaurants will close by August 31.

This will give certain fans less than a week to enjoy these locations.

Locations in 14 states will be affected by these plans.

The worst impacted states will be Virginia , Florida , and Illinois , as they will each stand to lose three restaurants.

Red Lobster has already closed over 100 locations across the country since its bankruptcy filing.

The chain had closed at least seven other stores in July , The U.S. Sun has previously reported.

Restaurants in Alabama, Arizona, California, Colorado, Texas, and two in Florida closed just last month.

The chain had blamed the economy and its infamous all-you-can-eat shrimp deal for its financial situation.

Red Lobster had announced in a financial report from the third fiscal quarter of last year, that it lost $11 million in that quarter purely due to that one deal.

The promotion had been designed to bring more customers to its restaurants.

CEO Tibus has previously said the chain planned to sharpen its operations across the company.

The 23 Red Lobster locations set to close

• 1521 S. Yuma Palms Pkwy., Yuma, Arizona
• 8703 Murray Drive, La Mesa, California
• 8407 W. Markham St., Little Rock, California
• 4925 N. Academy Blvd., Colorado Springs, Colorado
• 326 Miracle Strip Pkwy., Fort Walton Beach, Florida
• 5110 N. 9th Ave., Pensacola, Florida
• 8909 U.S. Highway 19, Port Richey, Florida
• 6550 Tara Blvd., Jonesboro, Georgia
• 1604 N. State Road 50, Bourbonnais, Illinois
• 902 Commons Drive, Geneva, Illinois
• 4625 N. Sterling Ave., Peoria, Illinois
• 4353 Franklin St., Michigan City, Indiana
• 8900 Golden Valley Road, Golden Valley, Minnesota
• 12515 Elm Creek Blvd. North, Maple Grove, Minnesota
• 2381 Maplewood Commons Drive, Maplewood, Missouri
• 925 Hunts Point Ave. Bronx, New York
• 750 Upper Glen St., Queensbury, New York
• 304 A Western Blvd., Jacksonville, North Carolina
• 17227 Southpark Center, Strongsville, Ohio
• 1270 Knox Abbott Drive, Cayce, South Carolina
• 555 S. Van Dorn St., Alexandria, Virginia
• 4415 S. Laburnum Ave., Richmond, Virginia
• 709 Independence Blvd., Virginia Beach, Virginia

Source: The Orlando Business Journal

This has included cutting nonproductive spending across the board.

MORE CLOSURES

Red Lobster has not been the only chain to struggle financially and file for bankruptcy.

The furniture company Conn’s HomePlus had initially closed a handful of locations when it filed for bankruptcy.

This chain has since announced that it will shut all of its 170 locations.

The bankruptcy has also affected another retailer owned by Conn’s.

Badcock Furniture & More will close all of its locations.