Olive Garden

Marketing

5 restaurant publicity stunts aimed at holding late-summer traffic

Are they likely to succeed in snagging attention and sales? Decide for yourself.

Marketing

Olive Garden to offer a lifetime version of its pasta pass

Winners will have the opportunity to buy a special version for an additional $400.

Operations

Olive Garden tries new off-premise moves

By Peter Romeo on Jun. 20, 2019

The Darden Restaurants holding is still a no-go on small-order delivery, but its catering program is moving within reach of couples.

Operations

Chili’s adds delivery through exclusive deal with DoorDash

By Peter Romeo on Jun. 11, 2019

The third-party service also becomes the exclusive delivery partner of Maggiano’s.

Top 500 Chains

Olive Garden

May 03, 2019

Get Top 500 data: sales, units and YOY change, average unit volume, and company/franchise units, as well as Technomic’s analysis, growth forecast and more.

Leadership

Union Square Hospitality names a new president

By Peter Romeo on Apr. 18, 2019

Chip Wade, a longtime ops specialist for Darden Restaurants, will take the job next month.

Food

Olive Garden shoots for value with new Giant entrees

By Peter Romeo on Apr. 01, 2019

The line includes classic Italian dishes reformulated in a larger size, at prices as low as $12.99.

Financing

Why everybody isn’t posting numbers like Darden Restaurants’

By Peter Romeo on Mar. 25, 2019

The parent of Olive Garden and Capital Grille said its strong third quarter was the result of working a plan that’s long been in place. Here’s a refresher on some of the components.

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