It makes for a funny headline, but that's like 0.4% of the chain's total revenue of around 2.6 billion in 2023
More likely the private equity firm that bought Red Lobster is running it into the ground on purpose to do some credit bidding buy back bankruptcy scam that's somehow technically legal to write off a bunch of debt.
On the one hand I wouldn't be surprised if there was some "Hollywood marketing" going on here to evade taxes, on the other I can't remember the last time I or anyone I know ate at a Red Lobster so I wouldn't be surprised if it's going bankrupt.
Money isn’t the most important thing in life. If your dream is giving people unjustifiable amounts of shrimp and cocktail sauce then you have to shoot your shot.