Captain D's
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| Type | Private |
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| Industry | Fast food |
| Founded | 1969 in Donelson, Tennessee |
| Headquarters | Nashville, Tennessee, U.S. |
| Key people | Phil Geifeld(President & CEO) Mike Payne (CFO) |
| Parent | Sun Capital Partners |
| Website | captainds.com |
Captain D’s is a U.S.-based chain of fast-food restaurants, specializing in seafood and fish and chips. The restaurant also features a low-carbohydrate menu. The restaurant chain's headquarters is located in Nashville, Tennessee.[1]
The first Captain D’s restaurant opened in Donelson, Tennessee, in 1969 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 a restaurant chain with nearly 600 locations in about twenty three states (primarily in the South and Midwest) as well as overseas. Its main competitor is Long John Silver’s.[citation needed]
Captain D’s Seafood has won the 2007 Nation’s Restaurant News “MenuMasters Award” in the category of “Best Menu Revamp.”[2]
After a 2000 bankruptcy, Dallas-based Lone Star Funds bought Shoney’s in 2002. Timonium, Maryland-based Grotech Capital Group Inc. and Charlesbank Capital Partners, a Boston private equity firm, formed Sagittarius Brands and bought Captain D’s in December 2004 for US$150 million. Captain D’s owners also operated Del Taco.[3]
In 2007 Design and Innovation firm Continuum re-designed Captain D's total diner experience and developed the brand mark currently being used today.
In 2010, Captain D's was acquired by Sun Capital Partners.[4]
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