Waffle House, Inc. is an American restaurant chain with over 2,000 locations in 25 states in the United States. The bulk of the locations are in the Midwest and the South, where the chain is a regional cultural icon. The menu consists mainly of Southern breakfast food. Waffle House is headquartered in Norcross, Georgia, in the Atlanta metropolitan area.

RL Investor Holdings LLC doing business as Red Lobster, is an American casual dining restaurant chain headquartered in Orlando, Florida. The company has operations across most of the United States, and Canada, as well as in Ecuador, Japan, Mexico, and Thailand. Golden Gate Capital was Red Lobster's parent company after it was acquired from Darden Restaurants on July 28, 2014. Seafood supplier Thai Union acquired a 25% stake in the company in 2016 for a reported $575 million and in 2020 purchased the remaining portion from GGC.