- Captain D's
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name = Captain D's
type = Subsidiary
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foundation =Donelson, Tennessee
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location_city =Nashville, Tennessee
location_country = U.S.
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key_people = David Head (President)
Mike Payne (CFO )
industry =Fast food
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parent = Sagittarius Brands
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slogan = "Eat upstream"
homepage = http://www.captainds.com
footnotes =
intl =Captain D's is a U.S.-based chain of
fast-food restaurant s, specializing inseafood andfish and chips . The restaurant also features a low-carbohydrate menu.The first Captain D's restaurant opened in Donelson,
Tennessee in1969 under the name "Mr. D's". The "D" is the initial of the last name of the co-founder Ray Danner.Many Captain D's locations were originally selected to be near extant
Shoney's restaurants. Captain D's has grown to become arestaurant chain with more than 600 locations in about twenty three states (primarily in the South and Midwest) as well as overseas. Its main competitors areLong John Silver's andArthur Treacher's .Captain D’s Seafood has won the
2007 "Nation’s Restaurant News" “MenuMasters Award” in the category of “Best Menu Revamp.” [ [http://www.menumasters.com/2007/ Menumasters ] ]After a
2000 bankruptcy, Dallas-based Lone Star Funds boughtShoney's in2002 . Timonium, Maryland-based Grotech Capital Group Inc. andCharlesbank Capital Partners , a Boston private equity firm, formed Sagittarius Brands and bought Captain D's inDecember 2004 for $150 million. Captain D's current owner also operatesDel Taco . [ [http://www.nashvillepost.com/news/2006/7/11/captain_ds_president_retiring Captain D's president retiring; replacement named | Make and Buy | NashvillePost.com: Nashville Business News + Nashville Political News ] ]External links
* [http://www.captainds.com/ Captain D's website]
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