The parent to Red Lobster, Olive Garden and the LongHorn Steakhouse said overall same-restaurant sales rose 1.8%.
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When Darden was spun off from General Mills in 1995, both Red Lobster and Olive Garden were posting flat to negative same-store sales.
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.
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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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.
John's to a 71-65 victory over Connecticut on Wednesday night at Madison Square Garden, the Red Storm's sixth win in seven games.
Picnic tables will groan underneath the weight of piles of cole slaw, potato salad, baked beans, fresh tomatoes out of the garden and spectacularly decorated red, white and blue cupcakes.
Enjoy the relaxed, open-air atmosphere of a 1920s Thai home at the Issaya Siamese Club, where local celebrity chef Ian Kittichai turns out dishes seasoned with herbs grown in the house garden, such as red chilli-glazed seabass (pla aob prik) and jasmine flower flan (kanom dok mali).
Registration showed that the red 2001 Mitsubishi Gallant Jarrah drove that night was owned by Garden State Car Rental at Newark, New Jersey, International Airport.
He added that although the starling was one of the commonest of garden birds, its decline elsewhere has put it on the "red list" of endangered species.
Deer and rabbits regularly dined on the garden flowers, we had Canadian geese, here and there a skunk, the occasional red fox this time it turned out to be a raccoon.
The special exhibit gallery has been transformed into an intimate garden where 20 different species of North American butterflies such as monarchs, Western swallowtails, red admirals and even giant moths, flit from brightly coloured daisies, sunflowers, zinnias and other dazzling flowers.
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