Leucadia: Fertitta's blank-check co. to acquire restaurant-ordering platform

A blank-check company created by Tilman Fertitta's Fertitta Entertainment Inc. and New York-based Leucadia National Corp. in 2016 has found a company to acquire. Houston-based Landcadia Holdings Inc. (Nasdaq: LCA) - Fertitta's special purpose acquisition company, or SPAC - will acquire Lake Charles, Louisiana-based Waitr Inc. for $308 million. The deal is expected to be complete later this year, according to a press release. When the deal closes, Landcadia will pay at least $50 million in...