Long John Silver's
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| legal form | Incorporated |
| founding | 1969 |
| Seat | Louisville , Kentucky |
| Branch | Quick service system catering |
| Website | www.ljsilvers.com |
Long John Silver’s is a fast-food chain specializing in fish and seafood, with branches mainly in the USA, but also in other countries around the world. Mainly fried fish, seafood and side dishes such as hushpuppy and coleslaw , sandwiches, fried lobster pieces and chicken products are on offer .
The chain belonged to Yum! From 2002 to 2011, along with Pizza Hut , Kentucky Fried Chicken and Taco Bell . Brands .
The name of the brand was borrowed from the novel Treasure Island by Robert Louis Stevenson , in which the pirate Long John Silver is one of the main characters.
Branches
Long John Silver's has 1200 stores worldwide in 2010, plus more than 200 stores in stores with stores from other Yum Brands! . Most of the chain's companies are in the United States. There were 14 branches in New Zealand in 2010. These also have regional fish on their menu. In Singapore there were 31 branches in the same year, and there are also several branches in Taiwan . A restaurant in Great Britain was first run by Long John Silver's, but was then taken over by sister company Kentucky Fried Chicken due to poor sales .
Other attempts at expansion also failed, such as a restaurant in Australia and attempts from the 1970s to 1990s to establish themselves in Canada . By the mid-1990s, all of the existing restaurants were closed again. Two further branches founded in 2006 were also closed again.
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