Olive Garden

The week in ideas, October 21, 2011

By Restaurant Business Staff on Oct. 24, 2011

Another week, another Guinness Record. Olive Garden tries to fix a bad idea. An upstate New York restaurant gets certified. And, really, wasn’t it just a matter of time before Jon Bon Jovi found his way into The Week in Ideas?

Darden’s comps rise 1.6%

By Kelsey Squire on Dec. 18, 2015

The company raised its outlook for the full fiscal year.

Consumer Trends

Teens name top 7 restaurant chains

By Brett Dworski on Oct. 12, 2017

One brand stood out among the eateries preferred by teens, who continue to spend more at restaurants than they do at clothing stores.

The Week in Ideas, April 1, 2013

By Restaurant Business Staff on Apr. 01, 2013

Bad ideas. Good ideas. Questionable ideas. And a couple of restaurants doing what restaurants are supposed to do: show hospitality.

Moms’ group blasts Olive Garden for aiding the devil

By Peter Romeo on Jan. 28, 2016

The organization wants the Italian chain’s ad schedule curbed.

Food

Are LTOs still worth it?

By Patricia Cobe on Dec. 09, 2017

The appeal of limited-time offers—an opportunity to get new customers in the door and increase visits from regulars, as well as the accompanying bump in checks and sales—is clear.

Olive Garden offers all you can eat -- for seven weeks

Sep. 08, 2014

Only 1,000 of the passes will be sold, and all via the chain’s website.

Will the big casual chains ever be cool to millennials?

By Sara Rush Wirth on May 06, 2016

There's no denying that the legacy casual-dining concepts aren't scoring any points with millennials right now. But why? Here are three areas operators might want to consider if they want to get them back in the door.

Financing

At LongHorn, smaller menu yields more sales

By Jonathan Maze on Dec. 19, 2017

A “back to basics” approach helps most of Darden’s casual-dining concepts generate sales.

Meanwhile, tech boosts Olive Garden’s off-premise sales

Sep. 12, 2014

A new to-go system pushed up Q2 takeout sales by 13%

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