Outback Steakhouse
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| Wholly owned subsidiary | |
| Industry | Restaurants |
| Genre | Casual dining |
| Founded | March 1988 |
| Founders | Bob Basham Trudy Cooper Chris T. Sullivan Tim Gannon |
| Headquarters | Tampa, Florida, U.S. |
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Number of locations
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978 (2015) |
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Area served
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North America, Australia, Caribbean, Southeast Asia, Brazil, China, Costa Rica, Guam, Hong Kong, Japan, Korea, Taiwan, Philippines, United Kingdom, Venezuela |
| Products | American cuisine |
| Parent | Bloomin' Brands |
| Website | www |
Outback Steakhouse is an Australian-themed American casual dining restaurant chain, serving American cuisine, based in Tampa, Florida, with almost 1,000 locations in 23 countries throughout North and South America, Europe, Asia, and Australia. It was founded in February 1988 in Tampa by Bob Basham, Chris T. Sullivan, Trudy Cooper, and Tim Gannon, and it was owned and operated in the United States by OSI Restaurant Partners until it was acquired by Bloomin' Brands, and by other franchise and venture agreements internationally.
Canadian Outback restaurants began in 1996. In March 2009, Outback Steakhouse Canada abruptly closed all nine locations in the province of Ontario, citing poor economic conditions. However, the restaurant later opened a location in Niagara Falls; its Edmonton, Alberta, franchise remains in operation.
In 1997, Outback entered the South Korean market through the franchise agreement with Aussie Chung Inc. Currently, there are 101 Outback Steakhouse locations throughout South Korea. On June 14, 2007, OSI Restaurant Partners completed a plan, and the company is now privately held.
In April 2012, Bloomin' Brands, the current owner of Outback Steakhouse, filed with the SEC to raise up to $300 million in an initial public offering.
Bloomin’ Brands, Inc. became a publicly traded company on NASDAQ under the ticker symbol “BLMN.”
All meat is heavily seasoned; there is a 17-spice blend for the steaks themselves. Outback bills its food as "full flavor". It fries its food in beef tallow and uses real butter and heavy cream in many dishes. Burgers are ground from beef tenderloin. Menus are highly regionalized. Crawfish appear in some dishes in Southern American locations, as do sweet potatoes. Eastern locations often feature Maine lobster tails, while western locations frequently serve Alaskan king crab legs and cakes.
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