olive garden
Olive Garden's owner sees stock surge over 8% as it gives upbeat sales forecast, discloses Uber delivery deal
September 19, 2024 | 1:04pmDarden reported weaker-than-expected earnings on Thursday, but it reaffirmed its full-year outlook and said sales have been improving.
Olive Garden brings back Never-Ending Pasta Bowl — at an inflation-busting price
August 29, 2024 | 12:04pmThis is some pasta-tively good news for Olive Garden fans.
Olive Garden customer reveals hack to get 2 pastas and sides for $6.99 amid inflation
July 31, 2024 | 8:59amShe saved a lot of dough in this garden. An Olive Garden customer became the envy of wallet-weary diners everywhere after scoring two pastas for just $6.99 amid inflation. She...
Olive Garden hiking menu prices again — despite admitting losing customers to inflation
June 20, 2024 | 3:01pm“We’re not going to do things to buy sales even with the increasing discounting our competitors are doing,” the chain's CEO said. “Our focus is on profitable sales growth.”
Cracker Barrel's stock in freefall after CEO admits chain 'just not as relevant as we once were'
May 23, 2024 | 11:54am“They have a lot of senior consumers, so long term they need to migrate away from that consumer,” analyst Jake Bartlett said.
Olive Garden is too expensive if you're making less than $75K
April 3, 2024 | 3:55pmOlive Garden's parent company Darden Restaurants saw an increase in transactions from diners who boast incomes of higher than $150,000.
I'm a dietitian — here's what to order at the Olive Garden when you're trying to eat healthy
March 22, 2024 | 11:22pmCancel the Tour of Italy — and nix those unlimited breadsticks.
Tipping is so out-of-hand in NYC, even Olive Garden adds automatic gratuities
October 24, 2023 | 5:45pmMandatory service fees are no longer just for large parties.
Seniors have stopped eating at Cracker Barrel, Olive Garden -- and it's not clear when they'll come back
September 22, 2023 | 4:14pmRetirees have lost their appetite for Cracker Barrel and Olive Garden since the pandemic -- and it's not clear when they'll come back, according to the chains’ top brass.
Michigan man sues Olive Garden after 'finding rat's foot in bowl of soup'
August 23, 2023 | 4:34pmThomas Howie, a 54-year-old resident of Oakland County, Mich., is demanding damages totaling more than $25,000.
I'm a server at Olive Garden — this trick helped me double my tips
June 14, 2023 | 5:07pmThe Florida server said her hack wasn't "technically allowed," but she never worried about it being "illegal."
My Tinder match sent nudes to another woman on our first date
April 13, 2023 | 3:40pm"The minute I met him in person, I could tell his whole personality changed — he seemed cocky and ... 'too cool for school,'" Katelyn Boss revealed.
'If you're sick, prove it': Olive Garden manager fired after time-off tirade
December 7, 2022 | 3:51pmWhat a grinch!
Inflation is eating into profits at Olive Garden's corporate parent
September 22, 2022 | 12:31pmDarden Restaurants reported that its profit fell to $193 million in the most recent quarter ended Aug. 28 from $230 million a year ago.
Olive Garden feeding the masses despite fewer discounts
June 23, 2022 | 2:35pmDiners are gorging themselves at Olive Garden even as the giant chain of red-sauce joints curtails popular discounts amid record-high inflation, executives said. Owned by Orlando, Fla.-based Darden Group, the...
Anti-vax protesters arrested after rushing Times Square Olive Garden
January 15, 2022 | 2:41amFour people were arrested after a group of anti-vax protesters staged a sit-in at the Olive Garden in Times Square Friday night, police said.
Taco Bell boosts benefits as labor shortage hampers recovery efforts
April 6, 2021 | 3:14pmFast-food chains like Taco Bell are rolling out the red carpet for new hires in hopes of staffing up amid a labor shortage that threatens the industry's recovery efforts. Yum...
Olive Garden fans jump to its defense after Anderson Cooper drags chain
January 7, 2021 | 12:01pmIn Olive Garden we trust. Fervid Olive Garden fans jumped to the restaurant chain's defense after Anderson Cooper dared to drag the popular eatery -- saying the mob of rioters...
When you're here, you're racist: Olive Garden patron allegedly demands non-black waitress
March 5, 2020 | 11:53amA white customer at an Olive Garden in Indiana demanded to be served by a waitress who wasn’t black – a request honored by the restaurant , according to another...
Olive Garden can't end 'Never Ending Pasta Bowl' deal
December 19, 2019 | 3:41pmOlive Garden tried — and failed — to cure its customers’ craving for all-you-can-eat deals. Shares of the red-sauce mecca’s owner, Darden Restaurants, tumbled 5 percent Thursday after it revealed...