His company assumed a majority stake in Red Lobster in 2020, which filed for bankruptcy in May.
"Other people stop eating beef.
I'm going to stop eating lobster," Chansiri said in February.
AdvertisementThai Union CEO Thiraphong Chansiri, 58, might have once been a big believer in the Red Lobster seafood chain.
But owning Red Lobster left such a "big scar" on Chansiri that he told investors in February that he was swearing off lobsters forever.
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