ʻO ka hoʻomakaʻana o Bill Darden
I ka makahiki 1938, he 19 makahiki kona mau makahiki, ua weheʻo ia i kahi hōʻailona ma kona kūlanakauhaleʻo Waycross, Georgia.
I kēlā manawa,ʻaʻole hiki i kaʻai wikiwiki. Uaʻikeʻia nā māhele Lunch, nā meaʻai, nā puna wai a me nā hale lole a me ke ala e hele ai. Ua heleʻo Darden i kēia ala, e kapa ana i kāna hua'ōlelo awakea The Green Frog, a hoʻolaha aku iā ia me he "lawelaweʻana me ka Hop." Ua paleʻo ia i nā kānāwai o ka Moku'āina Moku'āina ma ka hōʻoleʻana e hoʻokaʻawale i kāna mau mea kūʻai ma muli o ka lāhui.
Ua lanakila maikaʻi ka Green Frog i hiki iā Darden ke hoʻokomo i nā haleʻai a me nā hale hōkele o Howard Johnson, ma Florida. Me ka uluʻana o nāʻoihana kaʻahana a me nā ea e hana ana i ke ola ma ka hema,ʻoi aku ka maʻalahi, kūʻaiʻia nā waiwai kūʻai, ma Florida, aʻo nā poʻe noho a me nā mea mākaʻikaʻi e makemake i nā wahi e hoʻokele ai i kā lākou kaʻa kaʻa aʻai. ʻO kēia ka mea i loaʻa ai kekahi mea koʻikoʻi loa o Georgia ma luna o ka luncheonette o kekahi kanaka waiwai loa ma Florida.
Red Lobster
ʻIkeʻo Dardenʻo ka iʻa iʻa ka mea kūʻai maikaʻi loa i kona haleʻaina. No laila, loaʻaʻo ia i ka pāʻani, e ho'āʻo ana eʻike inā he haleʻainaʻona kai piha i hoʻohuiʻia me nāʻohana ma ka noʻonoʻo a pēlā aku ka waiwai o ka haleʻaina kai moana nui, e hana ana ma kahi mamao mai kahi kahakai, inā hiki iā ia ke hana ma laila, hiki iā ia ke hana i kēlā me kēia wahi.
Ua kohoʻo ia i Lakeland, he wahi liʻiliʻi me ka inoa,ʻo nā kahawai e kokoke ana, akā maikaʻi loa mai uka maiʻo Tampa.
Ua kapaʻiaʻo iaʻo ka Red Lobster Inn, aʻoiaiʻo ka hua'ōlelo "Inn" i hāʻule kokeʻia, hiki iā ia ke hoʻololi i nā hōʻailona, no ka mea,ʻo nā haleʻaina i weheʻia i nā makahiki i hala aʻe nei, ua holomua loaʻo ia a hāʻawiʻo General Mills iā ia i makana. maikaʻi loa ka hōʻole, me ka hoʻolilo iā ia iʻoihana ma waena o kā lākou hui nui.
Ma ka makahiki 1980, ua kūʻaiʻo Red Lobster i ka $ 400 miliona ma nā kūʻai makahiki.
Hoʻomakaʻo General Mills i ka papa lāʻau Olive o nā haleʻaina Italia i ka makahiki 1982, a ua lilo i mea maikaʻi loa e like me Red Lobster. Ua makeʻo Bill Darden i ka makahiki 1994, akā ua hoʻokumuʻo General Mills i nāʻaina Darden no ka holoʻana i nā kaulaʻelua i ka makahiki e hiki mai ana, i hiki ai i kona inoa a me kona mau manaʻo ke ola.
ʻAʻoleʻo nā hananaʻo General Mills i hana,ʻoiaiʻo ka paeʻo Kina. Akā i ka pauʻana o kēlā kaulahao i ka makahiki 1996, ua neʻe akula lākou me Bahama Breeze Caribbean Grille, Smokey Bones BBQ Sports Bar, longHorn Steakhouse a me nā kau 52. ʻO ka Red Lobster a me ka mālaʻo Olive ka hapalua o kā lākou hana,ʻo ia ke kālā e hāʻawi i nā mea'ē aʻe.
ʻO nā manaʻo hope loa
Me Norman Brinker , ka mea nāna i hoʻokumu i ka haleʻaina hale Brinker International a he kanaka i hoʻolaha i ka hanaʻana i ka pāpale saladi,ʻo Bill Darden he paionia e hoʻololi ana i ka mea eʻai ai nā kānaka. ʻOiai ua likeʻole nā kānaka e like me Ray Kroc o McDonald a me Harland Sanders o Kentucky Fried Chicken, hikiʻole i ka lehulehu keʻai i nā mea nui, uaʻikeʻo Darden i nā pono o ke kālepaʻana i ka pale ma waena o ka makemake eʻai i kahi haleʻaina maikaʻi a me ka pono e mālama i nā kumukūʻai kūpono. He miliona miliona ka poʻe i loheʻole i kona inoa aʻaʻole iʻike i kona mau maka iʻike a hauʻoli i kāna hana.
ʻO Joe R. Lee,ʻo ia ka mea i mālama i ka Red Red Lobster i ka makahiki 1968 a ua pani i kona kahu mua ma keʻano he pelekikena kūlana o General Mills a me ke poʻo o nā Darden Restaurants, i'ōlelo mai i ka makeʻana o ka mea hoʻokumu, '"ʻAʻole wau iʻike i kekahi mea'ē aʻe i hoʻopā i nā ola e like me Bill Darden. "