Beyonce is the best thing to happen to Red Lobster since all the Long John Silver’s apparently closed (hey, I haven’t seen one in years).
The fast seafood chain received an unexpectedly sexy shout-out in Bey’s “Formation” (“When he f*ck me good, I take his ass to Red Lobster”), which reportedly increased sales by 33 percent the day after the song was released.
It also prompted a widely-retweeted response from Red Lobster.
"Cheddar Bey Biscuits" has a nice ring to it, don't you think? #Formation @Beyonce pic.twitter.com/QzgVtYAKNo
— Red Lobster (@redlobster) February 7, 2016
Most of the replies were positive — we love Beyonce, we love cheddar biscuits, we love slowly becoming salty corpses — but others, not so much. As SNL perfectly lampooned in “The Day Beyonce Turned Black,” some (white) people are not pleased with Red Lobster’s kinship with the former Destiny’s Child standout, because #BoycottBeyonce. In their minds, eating at Red Lobster means supporting noted cop-hater Beyonce, or something.
The restaurant’s Facebook and Twitter have become opinionated disasters.
https://twitter.com/Terrillsue/status/698581853360545793
https://twitter.com/maxcat19/status/697442528858087425
@CNN Red Lobster supports a woman who bailed out people who attack police? Lost my business… pic.twitter.com/EruYQIKVKV
— Mike Force (@texas_force) February 10, 2016
https://twitter.com/maxcat19/status/697191770766098433
@redlobster @Beyonce Disgraceful! Shameful of RL to attempt to capitalize on this vulgar anti-police mediocre pole dance performance
— Tom Ricciardi (@tomricciardi) February 9, 2016
https://twitter.com/jus10nhouston/status/698599910183202816
@redlobster @Beyonce @CNBC Supporting #Racism #BlackLivesMatter #BlackPanther Party #MalcolmX
Lost my business#BlueLivesMatter #BlueHonor— Charlotte Shaffer (@CMLShaffer) February 15, 2016
https://twitter.com/pastoredsmith/status/698727049540796416
https://twitter.com/GreedyPatriots/status/698531095533346816
Meanwhile, some people are concerned about more important issues.
The last time I went to Red Lobster I only went to see if it had improved.. I was there a month before and it was terrible! Seafood tasted like bleach.. Well this trip wasn’t much better sad to say! This used to be my favorite place to eat dinner but $89 spent each time we came and we didn’t eat 1/4 of the meal seems like a huge waste to me! Very disappointing!!! (Via Facebook)
$89! At Red Lobster! Oh well, more biscuits for the rest of us.
