Long John Silver's facts for kids
| Wholly owned subsidiary | |
| Industry | Fast Food |
| Founded | 1969 |
| Headquarters | Louisville, Kentucky |
| Products | Seafood |
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Number of employees
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8,400 (world wide) |
| Parent | LJS Partners LLC Yum! Brands (Former) |
Long John Silver's is a fast food restaurant that sells mainly seafood.
It was created in 1969 in Lexington, Kentucky. The name for the restaurant is named after Long John Silver from the novel Treasure Island by Robert Louis Stevenson. They used to be a private owned company but they went bankruptcy in 1998.
Their parent company Yum! sold Long John Silver's to LJS Partners LLC and A&W Restaurants to A Great American Brand LLC in September 2011 to focus on expanding in China.
The restaurant chain also has many restaurants world-wide.
Images for kids
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A typical meal from Long John Silver's: A platter with battered and fried fish and chicken, french fries (chips), battered fried shrimp, hushpuppies and coleslaw
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A co branded Long John Silver's and A&W in Gillette, Wyoming
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A former co branded Long John Silver's and Taco Bell in Kent, Ohio before becoming a store of Taco Bell
See also
In Spanish: Long John Silver's para niños
