Kim Lopdrup, CEO of Red Lobster Seafood Co., discusses the company's recent expansion into Puerto Rico and the menu revamp being implemented across its restaurants.
We talk about the changes to the company since its spin-off from Darden Foods. Lopdrup discusses how the company is expanding its reach, the changes to its look and menu, as well as its sustainability efforts. Plus, Lopdrup explains how Red Lobster humanely kills its lobsters. Switzerland recently passed a ban on boiling lobsters alive.
The nation’s employers added 336,000 jobs in September, an unexpectedly robust gain and the largest monthly rise since January, evidence that many companies remain confident enough to keep hiring despite high-interest rates and a hazy outlook for the economy.
The cost of financing a home surged again this week as the average long-term U.S. mortgage rate climbed to its highest level since December 2000, further dimming the affordability outlook for many would-be homebuyers.
A commercial fisherman accused of conspiring with others to sell 200,000 pounds (90,000 kilos) of fish in excess of legal quotas has been convicted in federal court in New York.