The family had a tearful goodbye at the Olive Garden, his father's favorite restaurant.
It could be wursts at Bavarian beer hall or breadsticks at an Olive Garden in Sarasota.
The parent to Red Lobster, Olive Garden and the LongHorn Steakhouse said overall same-restaurant sales rose 1.8%.
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But according to an investigation by Time, there might really be no Olive Garden culinary institute.
Do I spy a statue of Artemis the Hunting Goddess aiming her arrow at my future olive garden?
At Olive Garden, President Bradley Blum, 45, canceled a long-scheduled national sales meeting, just weeks after the spinoff was announced.
When Darden was spun off from General Mills in 1995, both Red Lobster and Olive Garden were posting flat to negative same-store sales.
Often when he suggested they go out to Olive Garden for dinner, she turned him down and instead went to the Publix grocery store.
Darden estimates U.S. same-restaurant sales for the second quarter will be approximately -0.8%, -2.7% and -3.2% for LongHorn Steakhouse, Red Lobster and Olive Garden, respectively.
Kids' meals at Olive Garden and Red Lobster restaurants are automatically served with a side of fruit or vegetables and a glass of low-fat milk.
Some big customers like Darden Restaurants (Red Lobster, Olive Garden) loved Blodgett equipment, but hated the service and were close to dropping the company as a vendor.
Other healthy choices: Burger King's oatmeal, IHOP's whole wheat blueberry pancakes, Outback Steakhouse's kids sirloin with apples and grapes, and Olive Garden's cheese ravioli with broccoli and orange juice.
He shut down a chain of 51 Chinese restaurants, which had expanded too quickly to effectively train wok chefs and managers, and 48 underperforming Red Lobster and Olive Garden outlets.
Several companies with low-wage workers -- including Wal-Mart and Darden, which operates Red Lobster and Olive Garden restaurants -- have said they plan to trim health costs by using more part-time workers.
Darden Restaurants, which owns Olive Garden, Red Lobster, and other chains has voluntarily changed their kids menus to include a choice of a fruit or vegetable and low fat milk with every meal.
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The night before, as Pacquiao navigated a frantic schedule that included a scheduled meeting with NBA sensation Jeremy Lin (the summit was called off after an exhausted Pacquiao was sent to bed), Bradley and Monica went to a peaceful dinner at the Olive Garden in Times Square.
People can buy the gift cards for friends from Facebook.com and choose from brands such as Jamba Juice, Olive Garden, Sephora and Target. (These are the first four partners using the service.) Recipients will receive the cards in the mail and can use them at the relevant retailer.
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You'll be able to pick up gift credit for the likes of Jamba Juice, Olive Garden, Sephora and Target, plucking what you'd like from the "gift cards and digital" category inside the existing Gifts tab, and stating an amount and the name of the lucky gift-getter.
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Darden Restaurants, which owns Olive Garden, Red Lobster and Longhorn Steakhouse, has responded to the trend with new restaurant franchises like Yard House, which prides itself on a large draft beer menu, American-fusion cuisine and a lively atmosphere punctuated with classic rock music and flat-screen TVs playing sporting events and news broadcasts.
They would let the Olive Garden come and stay in all the rooms (small place-maybe 20 rooms) and they would use the restaurant (closed to the public-again off season) as a classroom for maybe an hour here or there and talk about spices or fresh produce for a minute before going site seeing all day.
Outside, the terraced garden of olive trees seems especially peaceful, while from atop the hill behind the house, The Christ of Trash (a large sculpture that looks exactly like it sounds) and the white plaster eggs that top the walls can be seen.
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