s got ta be d s type private industry fast casual restaurant founded august 15 1969 in donelson tennessee u.s. headquarters nashville tennessee u.s. number of locations 520 key people phil greifeld president & ceo parent centre partners website captainds.com captain d s is a u.s. based chain of fast casual restaurants specializing in seafood and fish and chips . the restaurant also features a new grilled menu . the restaurant chain s headquarters is located in nashville tennessee . 1 its main competitor is long john silver s. the first captain d s restaurant opened in donelson tennessee on august 15 1969 under the name mr. d s . captain d s seafood has won the 2007 nation s restaurant news menumasters award in the category of best menu revamp . . 2 more recently captain d s has experienced a major brand turnaround with over 18 quarters of same store sales growth . the success has also brought about a renewed interested in franchising as existing and new captain d s franchisees have begun opening new restaurants . 3 4 additionally phil greifeld was named ceo of the year by the nashville post in 2013 . 5 captain d s on the lot of southgate mall in elizabeth city north carolina . notice the current logo on the sign while the building itself retains the previous plate logo . after a 2000 bankruptcy dallas based lone star funds bought shoney s in 2002 . timonium maryland based grotech capital group inc. and charlesbank capital partners a boston private equity firm formed sagittarius brands and bought captain d s in december 2004 for us 150 million . captain d s owners also operated del taco . 6 in 2010 captain d s was acquired by sun capital partners . 7 captain d s bought grandy s from souper salad in 2012 . 8 in 2013 sun sold captain d s to centre partners . 9 the sale of captain d s in 2013 was recognized by reuters buyout magazine as the 2013 turnaround deal of the year . references edit terms and conditions & privacy statement . captain d s. retrieved on february 25 2010 . menumasters http www.restaurantnews.com captain ds celebrates unit growth with multi unit agreements in q3 http nrn.com seafood trends captain d s upgrades bolster sales http www.captainds.com uploaded ceo of the year.pdf captain d s president retiring ; 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