Maine Stays - 15 meals for $15 - AKA welcome to Applebee's

Red Lobster takes yet another step toward the inevitable slow death by copying their non-competition.  While they are competing with Applebees, Chili's, TGIFriday's, insert bland chain restaurant here, they are not competing with them for food type or dining environment.  Cheapening the menu this way is a mistake Red Lobster will not be able to back away from.  Short term appeasement for stock holders with little foresight for the long term damage they are doing.

But if you want a "cheap" meal at Red Lobster, I guess you're in for a treat.  The only redeeming value of this is that perhaps people will move up to it at lunch time.  But I wouldn't bet the Farm on it.

And the one place I'll credit the Slobster - they've chosen some decent flavor profiles in these meals.  





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Our NEW Maine Stays include 15 surprising selections, like Tilapia with Roasted Vegetables and Wood-Grilled Chicken with Wine Sauce. Come in today and find something new to love for under $15.

All served with your choice of salad and unlimited
Cheddar Bay Biscuits

• Tilapia with Roasted Vegetables Tender tilapia is seasoned and roasted in a parchment bag with white wine, asparagus and artichokes. Served with wild rice pilaf.
  

• Wood-Grilled Chicken with Portobello Wine Sauce A chicken breast is cooked to perfection over our wood-fire grilled and topped with portobello wine sauce. Served with mashed potatoes and choice of accompaniment.

• Bacon-Wrapped Shrimp Our shrimp are delicately wrapped in bacon, glazed with peach-bourbon BBQ sauce and topped with pico de gallo. Served over mashed potatoes with your choice of accompaniment.
  

• Bar Harbor Salad with Shrimp or Salmon This sweet and savory salad is tossed with dried berries and honey-roasted pecans in a blueberry-balsamic vinaigrette. Top it off with wood-fire grilled shrimp or fresh salmon. Crumbled blue cheese is served upon request.
  

• Blue Cheese Sirloin A 7 oz. peppercorn-seasoned sirloin is cooked over our wood-fire grilled and topped with a creamy blue cheese sauce. Served over mashed potatoes with choice of accompaniment.
  

• Tilapia with Pineapple Salsa (½ Portion) A half portion of Today's Fresh tilapia can be prepared on our wood-fire grill, oven-broiled or blackened. Served with a fresh pineapple salsa.
  

• Parmesan-Crusted Chicken Alfredo A new favorite! Parmesan-crusted chicken breast is served with creamy Alfredo sauce over corkscrew pasta and fresh broccoli.
  

• Caesar Salad Salmon Fresh romaine lettuce, crispy croutons, and shaved Parmesan cheese are tossed with creamy Caesar dressing and topped with wood-fire grilled salmon.
  

• Chesapeake Shrimp with Crab Our Chesapeake-grilled shrimp skewer is served with crab butter and five crab-and-seafood-stuffed shrimp, all topped with a lobster beurre blanc. Served with wild rice pilaf and choice of accompaniment.
  

• Wood-Grilled Pork Chops Your choice of one or two wood-fire grilled pork chops topped with apple compote and peach-bourbon BBQ sauce. Served over mashed potatoes with your choice of accompaniment.
  

• Roasted Vegetable Skewers An array of our freshest vegetables are roasted and topped with a lemon-garlic beurre blanc and served with wild rice pilaf.
  

• Tropical BBQ Glazed Chicken Chicken with a tropical twist! Our wood-fire grilled chicken breast is brushed with a papaya-BBQ sauce and topped with fresh pineapple salsa. Served with wild rice pilaf and choice of accompaniment.
  

• RL Cobb Salad with Shrimp, Salmon or Chicken A Red Lobster take on a classic! This hearty salad is served with diced tomatoes, bacon, egg and crumbled blue cheese. Top it off with your choice of wood-fire grilled shrimp, salmon or chicken.
  

• Tilapia with Lemon Garlic Butter (½ Portion) A half portion of Today's Fresh tilapia can be prepared on our wood-fire grill, oven-broiled or blackened. Served with lemon garlic butter.
  

• Bar Harbor Salad with Chicken This sweet and savory salad is tossed with dried berries and honey-roasted pecans in a blueberry-balsamic vinaigrette. Top it off with wood-fire grilled herb chicken breast. Crumbled blue cheese served upon request.
  

Darden taking steps to screw you out of insurance

The following article points to two things. 

1)  The pending health care reforms dubbed as "Obamacare" are a clusterfuck of epic proportions.  I'm not against affordable healthcare, but this is a shitbag we've been sold.  And I say that as a non-wingnut non-teabagger.  It IS bad for business, especially smaller businesses.  People need health care.  The system needs reform.  This program is not to the solution to either of those, and it is a crying fucking shame that its the best the dicks we elect could come up with.  They need to be stripped of their medical plans and put on Obamacare to see just how long the system lasts.  Bozos of duchebaggery hosing us all.

2)  Darden will do anything it can to fuck its employees.  Anything.  Remember the original title to this blog?  Red Lobster Hates Its Employees.  I was sooo not bull shitting you.  If they can shit on the working man, they will.  You are a replaceable and expendable cog.  Don't be delusional an think otherwise.  If stabbing you with a knife would save them 0.5%, they'd arm their managers nightly, and ask you to sharpen the blade as side work.

Darden tests limiting worker hours as health-care changes loom

By Sandra Pedicini, Orlando Sentinel

7:15 p.m. EDT, October 7, 2012

In an experiment apparently aimed at keeping down the cost of health-care reform, Orlando-based Darden Restaurants has stopped offering full-time schedules to many hourly workers in at least a few Olive Gardens, Red Lobsters and LongHorn Steakhouses.
Darden said the test is taking place in "a select number" of restaurants in four markets, including Central Florida, but would not give details. The company said there has been no decision made about expanding it.

In an emailed statement, Darden said staffing changes are "just one of the many things we are evaluating to help us address the cost implications health care reform will have on our business. There are still many unanswered questions regarding the health care regulations and we simply do not have enough information to make any decisions at this time."

Analysts say many other companies, including the White Castle hamburger chain, are considering employing fewer full-timers because of key features of the Affordable Care Act scheduled to go into effect in 2014. Under that law, large companies must provide affordable health insurance to employees working an average of at least 30 hours per week.

If they do not, the companies can face fines of up to $3,000 for each employee who then turns to an exchange — an online marketplace — for insurance.

"I think a lot of those employers, especially restaurants, are just going to ensure nobody gets scheduled more than 30 hours a week," said Matthew Snook, partner with human-resources consulting company Mercer.

Darden said its goal at the test restaurants is to keep employees at 28 hours a week.
Analysts said limiting hours could pose new challenges, including higher turnover and less-qualified workers.


Continue reading the article here.