Why did Long John Silver's lose its popularity after being so big in the '70s and '80...?

In the 1980s, Long John Silver's ruled fast-food seafood with over 1,500 locations. A decade later, the empire was bankrupt, destroyed by a disastrous financial maneuver and a sudden fear of fat…

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