To Compete in the Fragmented Restaurant Industry, Red Lobster Corporation

question 8

Multiple Choice

To compete in the fragmented restaurant industry, Red Lobster Corporation built and operated hundreds of restaurants across the United States and Canada. Red Lobster is using which type of strategy?

• A) Acquisitions
• B) Chaining
• C) Franchising
• D) Diversification
• E) Horizontal mergers

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