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Red Lobster bringing back ‘Endless Shrimp’ deal again after bungled promotion sent chain into bankruptcy
NY Post ^ | Published Aug. 22, 2026 | Teresa Mull, Fox News

Posted on 08/22/2026 4:29:25 PM PDT by dennisw

The lineup includes new garlic-bread-crusted shrimp, shrimp linguini Alfredo, garlic shrimp scampi, Parrot Isle coconut shrimp and Walt’s Favorite Shrimp — hand-breaded, butterflied shrimp lightly fried and served with cocktail sauce.

Red Lobster closed dozens of locations nationwide in May 2024 before filing for Chapter 11 bankruptcy, Fox News previously reported.

The company told Fox News Digital it decided to bring back Endless Shrimp because the promotion still matters enormously to its customers, who “never stopped asking for it.”

“They continued telling us they missed it, showed up when we brought it back this spring and kept asking for more after that run ended,” Red Lobster said.

“We weren’t going to walk away from something they love simply because the previous operating model did not work,” the company added. “The better answer was to fix what didn’t work and bring it back in a way that is right for our guests, our restaurant teams and the company.”

According to Red Lobster, the spring run also proved the company could bring Endless Shrimp back in a way “that delights our guests and works for our restaurant teams and our business.”

Participating locations began offering the current Endless Shrimp deal for a limited time on Aug. 17.

“Guests can mix and match five flavors endlessly throughout the meal for as much shrimp as they like, any way they like it,” Red Lobster announced in a press release.

(Excerpt) Read more at nypost.com ...


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To: al baby

Endless Soylent Green Shrimps!


21 posted on 08/22/2026 5:42:49 PM PDT by crusty old prospector
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To: dennisw

I’m pretty sure they limit eaters to just four hours.


22 posted on 08/22/2026 5:53:06 PM PDT by Libloather (Why do climate change hoax deniers live in mansions on the beach?)
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To: dennisw

farm raised from Bangladesh?


23 posted on 08/22/2026 5:57:32 PM PDT by Lib-Lickers 2
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To: dennisw

Where do these shrimp come from?


24 posted on 08/22/2026 6:01:30 PM PDT by nickcarraway
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To: dfwgator
Exhibit A:

They told us we can’t share food

25 posted on 08/22/2026 6:43:49 PM PDT by hole_n_one
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To: dennisw

What could go wrong.


26 posted on 08/22/2026 7:02:57 PM PDT by lastchance (Cognovit Dominus qui sunt eius.)
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To: dennisw

Soccer fans from all over the world who visited USA were surprised at restaurant portions and all you can eat deals. No wonder there are so many obese Americans causing Medicare to go broke. I stay slim and exercise daily, and have not needed a doctor since 1990 when I had gall bladder attacks. That woke me up to change to a healthy life style. I have no health issues and medical expense in 36 years. All because of healthy lifestyle. Life is good at age 86 enjoying athletic activities and magic of compounding interest.


27 posted on 08/22/2026 7:24:04 PM PDT by Bobbyvotes (Work is best form of worship per Bhagavad Geeeta, the Hindu ancient sacred book. )
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To: DoodleBob

Absolutely...see my tagline...


28 posted on 08/22/2026 7:25:42 PM PDT by HombreSecreto (The life of a repo man is always intense)
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To: dennisw

it’ll all be heavily breaded, deep-fat fried, semi-toxic farmed shrimp anyway ...


29 posted on 08/22/2026 7:34:41 PM PDT by catnipman ((A Vote For The Lesser Of Two Evils Still Counts As A Vote For Evil))
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To: nickcarraway

guaranteed that these shrimp are semi-toxic farmed shrimp raised in mud-puddles that have been heavily doused with antibiotics and other chemicals ...


30 posted on 08/22/2026 7:36:32 PM PDT by catnipman ((A Vote For The Lesser Of Two Evils Still Counts As A Vote For Evil))
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To: Freedom4US

The shrimp must receive massages, and have a story read at bedtime.

And Endless Plankton on Tuesdays.


31 posted on 08/22/2026 8:11:59 PM PDT by _longranger81
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To: HombreSecreto

Repo Man is arguably the greatest cult film ever.

It may have the best soundtrack ever, as well.

Earlier this year, I was at a local club. One of the bands covered Secret Agent Man. While I don’t know all of the Spanish lyrics from The Plugz’s cover, when the chorus came I was singing HOM-BRRRE SA-KEHHH-TOW at the top of my lungs.

Only a few people got it. The rest? It’s their loss. Ordinary f…ing people, I hate them. See, an ordinary person spends his life avoiding tense situations. A repo man spends his life getting into tense situations.


32 posted on 08/22/2026 8:12:23 PM PDT by DoodleBob (Gravity's waiting period is about 9.8 m/s. )
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To: _longranger81

33 posted on 08/22/2026 8:13:45 PM PDT by DoodleBob (Gravity's waiting period is about 9.8 m/s. )
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To: DoodleBob

Iggy Pop’s title track rocked.


34 posted on 08/22/2026 8:18:13 PM PDT by Tench_Coxe (The woke were surprised by the reaction to the Bud Light fiasco. May there be many more surprises)
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To: DoodleBob
Repo Man
35 posted on 08/22/2026 8:20:47 PM PDT by Tench_Coxe (The woke were surprised by the reaction to the Bud Light fiasco. May there be many more surprises)
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To: dennisw

Hmm when I was a kid 55 years ago my Mom would take me TO RL and I would get the popcorn shrimp for a few bucks while she feasted on other seafood. I was a cheap date for my mom! :-)


36 posted on 08/22/2026 8:30:47 PM PDT by Pol-92064 (tax)
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To: dennisw

There are many many videos of a certain demographic who would sit at a table with ten people no one would order the all you can eat and feed the whole table. And when the manager or server would complain the whole troop would chimpout, tear the place up, and run out without paying.


37 posted on 08/22/2026 8:37:30 PM PDT by Organic Panic ( )
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To: Flaming Conservative

The last buffet I ever went to was a buffet like that in Texas. It was horrifying. I had gone there for lunch and it was always fine. One night, we thought we would try dinner not knowing it was peeling and eat shrimp and crab leg night. I was not prepared for what I saw. Huge fat slobs parked themselves in the chair and would send their morbidly obese keeids to load up plate after plate of shrimps and legs. All the while mounds of shells were all over the table. They would lick their fingers and grab the serving tongs and that was when they actually used them. They would just grab food with their bare hands.

We walked out.


38 posted on 08/22/2026 8:44:25 PM PDT by Organic Panic ( )
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To: dennisw
38 posts about shrimp without this coming up:

BubbasShrimpList

You're slackin', Free Republic!

39 posted on 08/23/2026 1:53:31 AM PDT by MikelTackNailer (If you merely LOOK the fool people won't take you seriously.)
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To: MikelTackNailer

"The ocean called..."

Regards,

40 posted on 08/23/2026 3:59:32 AM PDT by alexander_busek (Extraordinary claims require extraordinary evidence.)
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