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Olive Garden

Olive Garden

 Jun. 11, 2017

A leading Italian chain known for its value-conscious positioning, deals and hearty portions

MFHA Unveils Multicultural Marketing Toolkit

 By Restaurant Business Staff on Nov. 13, 2006

The first edition of the multicultural marketing series encompasses the Hispanic market and launched last month at the Multi-Unit Foodservice Operators...

Darden to spin off real-estate assets

Jun. 23, 2015

The Olive Garden parent says it will pay off $1 billion in debt by transferring holdings to a REIT and arranging for some sale-leasebacks.

Food

New ripple in off-premise: The take-home prep line

By Peter Romeo on Jun. 13, 2017

Shrink the serving line popularized by Chipotle, make it mobile, and you have the latest way some chains are striving to differentiate their catering options.

Tomato dishes

By Restaurant Business Staff on Jul. 22, 2008

It is neither a fruit nor a vegetable. It can be red, green, yellow or even purple. It is the queen of the seasonal garden with a juiciness and flavor that capture summer. The tomato has it all! These restaurants make the most of this star ingredient.

Olive Garden’s all-you-can-eat passes sold out in record time

Sep. 18, 2015

All 2,000 passes were purchased in less than one second.

Marketing

Olive Garden dusts off eat-free pass—with a sweetener

By Peter Romeo on Sep. 13, 2017

The offer should net the chain more than $2.2 million in a flash.

The week in ideas, October 14, 2011

By Restaurant Business Staff on Oct. 14, 2011

The week of October 14th will be remembered as a week of strange ideas: some bold, some bad, some counterintuitive. But at Week in Ideas, we don't discriminate. We report, you decide.

Technology

How to engineer a digital menu

By Sara Rush Wirth on Oct. 29, 2015

When done right, digital menu features on tabletop tablets can boost sales and customer satisfaction.

Marketing

This week’s 5 head-spinning moments: Baked, not fried

By Peter Romeo on Sep. 29, 2017

Even the great Carnac couldn't have foreseen the role marijuana is about to play in restaurant sales, and that's just one of the who'd-have-believed-it developments.

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