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Bloomin' Brands
Bloomin' Brands (NASDAQ: BLMN) is hospitality company that owns a variety of restaurant brands including Outback Steakhouse, Carrabba's Italian Grill, Bonefish Grill, Fleming's Prime Steakhouse and Wine Bar and Roy's.
The company was founded in 1987 by Tim Gannon, Bob Basham, and Chris Sullivan in Tampa, Florida. The company went public under the name OSI Restaurant Group in 1991 and managed to cross the billion dollar sales mark by 1997.
They over-expanded to 1491 restaurants and held billions in debt. OSI went private in 2006 under the direction of Bain Capital and Catterton Partners and held a second IPO on August 8, 2012 to raise $300M in capital. They trade on NASDAQ with symbol BLMN
- Founded in 1988, Outback Steakhouse is a chain of steak houses with the spirit of the Australian outback.
- Carrabbas was founded in 1986 by John Charles "Johnny" Carrabba, III and his uncle Damian Mandola in Houston, Texas. In 1993, Carrabbas entered a joint agreement with Outback Steakhouse to expand the brand. In 1995, OSI acquired Carrabbas. There were over 230 restaurants in the chain at the time of this review.
- Bonefish Grill was founded in St Petersburg, Florida in 2000 by Tim Curci and Chris Parker and acquired by OSI in 2001. There are now over 150 restaurants in the chain.
- Fleming's Steakhouse is an upscale formal dress restaurant established by Paul Fleming and Bill Allen in 1998. OSI acquired Fleming's in 2004.
- Roy's Restaurant is a chain of upscale restaurants serving Asian inspired seafood. At the time of this review the site listed 28 locations in 8 states.
Other brands owned and divested by Bloomin' Brands include Cheeseburger in Paradise, Lee Roy Selmon's, Paul Lee's Chinese Kitchen, Zazarac and Blue Coral Seafood. The company reported having over 100,000 employees in 2015
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References:
- Wikipedia - Bloomin' Brands (Drawn 12/5/2017)
- Seeking Alpha - Bloomin IPO (Drawn 12/5/2017)
- Blooming Brands IPO (Drawn 10/14/2019)
- NY Times = Bain Sells Shares in BLMN (Drawn 10/14/2019)
Directory Listings:
- Cochise County - Dining: Outback Steakhouse
- Coconino County - Dining: Outback Steakhouse
- Phoenix Color - Dining: Bloomin' Brands
- Pima County - Dining: Paul Flemings Steakhouse
- Pima County - Dining: Carrabba's Grill
- Boulder Color - Dining: Outback Steakhouse
- Colorado Springs Color - Dining: Outback Steakhouse
- Colorado Springs Color - Dining: Bonefish Grill
- Colorado Springs Color - Dining: Carrabba's Italian Grill
- Denver Color - Dining: Fleming's Steak House and Wine Bar
- Denver Color - Dining: Outback Steakhouse
- Denver Color - Dining: Carrabba's Italian Grill
- Denver Color - Dining: Bonefish Grill
- Fort Collins Color - Dining: Outback Steakhouse
- Fort Collins Color - Dining: Carrabba's Italian Grill
- Fort Collins Color - Dining: Bonefish Grill
- Grand Junction - Dining: Outback Steakhouse
- Missoula Websites - Dining: Outback Steakhouse
- Davis County - Dining: Outback Steakhouse
- Provo Utah - Dining: Outback Steakhouse
- Saint George - Dining: Outback Steakhouse
- Salt Lake Sites - American: Fleming's Steakhouse
- Salt Lake Sites - American: Outback Steakhouse
- Cheyenne, Wyoming. US - Dining: Outback Steakhouse