What is Long John Silver's?
{{Infobox company | company_name = Long John Silver's, Inc. | company_logo = | company_type = Wholly owned subsidiary | foundation = 1969<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.ljsilvers.com/about/ |title=Long John Silver's: The Tale of Long John Silver's |access-date=2009-10-27 |archive-date=2009-09-18 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090918080843/http://www.ljsilvers.com/about/ |url-status=dead }}</ref> | location = [[Louisville, Kentucky]] | industry = [[Fast food]] | products = [[Seafood]] | num_employees = 8,400 (world wide) | parent= LJS Partners LLC<br>[[Yum! Brands]] (Former) | homepage = http://www.ljsilvers.com/ |}} [[File:Kfc-longjohnsilvers.jpg|thumb|left|250px|A Long John Silver's-KFC restaurant]] '''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|bankrupt]] 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]].<ref name=BB>{{cite web|url=https://www.bloomberg.com/news/2011-09-22/yum-brands-agrees-to-sell-a-w-long-john-silver-s-chains-in-separate-deals.html|accessdate=2012-12-21|title=Yum Sells A&W, Long John Silver's Chains to Focus on Expansion in China|publisher=Bloomberg L.P.}}</ref> The [[restaurant chain]] has many restaurants [[world]]-wide. ==Toys== '''Lost in Space Pull Backs''' *Blawp *Major Don West *Future Smith *Robot ==References== {{reflist}} == Other websites == * {{official website|http://www.ljsilvers.com/}} {{Fast food restaurants}} [[Category:American fast food restaurants]] [[Category:Companies based in Kentucky]] [[Category:1969 establishments in the United States]] [[Category:Louisville, Kentucky]] [[Category:20th-century establishments in Kentucky]]