NASHVILLE, Tenn., Dec. 8, 2005 (PRIMEZONE) -- Captain D's Seafood, the 35-year-old pioneer in the seafood restaurant fast-casual category, will open its first international operation in Trinidad in Latin America in December. The restaurant marks the first of a three-unit commitment planned for Trinidad by Pizza Boys Group of Companies, (PBGC) based in San Juan, Trinidad, a 20-year food service operator in Trinidad and Tobago, located near Venezuela. PBGC has options for a total of 17 Captain D's restaurants in the area.
Ron Powell, chairman and chief executive officer, Captain D's, and Mario Sabga Aboud, PBGC chairman, and Norman Sabga Aboud, managing director, announced the agreement.
Trinidad represents the first international expansion for Captain D's, which is now located in 23 United States plus U.S. military bases around the world. Earlier, Captain D's announced it had reached its growth target of 20 units for Fiscal 2005 and plans to add another 40 restaurants in 2006.
The first Captain D's/Trinidad site will be located in the town of Point-a-Pierre and is scheduled to open in early January. The new unit will feature the Captain's D's coastal restaurant motif of naturally aged woods, hanging steel lights and a galvanized steel awning suspended over a portion of the dining room. The open kitchen offers customers a chance to see the freshness of the cooking process.
"We believe the Captain D's menu of hand battered fried fish, seafood, chicken and home style side dishes, will be a hit with the 1.3 million Trinidad and Tobago residents," Powell said. "PBGC has a winning track record for food service in that area, and we are pleased they will be our franchisee in that country."
Headquartered in Nashville, Captain D's Seafood first opened in Donelson, Tenn. as Mr. D's and the company later changed its name to Captain D's Seafood and then Captain D's LLC. Additional information is available at www.captainds.com.