Olive Garden

Olive Garden Super-Sizes its Value Promise

One of Olive Garden’s biggest menu moves in recent months wasn’t anything fresh or revolutionary. It was a bulked-up version of a classic—Chicken Alfredo, but now with 50 percent more chicken.

Darden Announces Improvements to Animal Welfare Policy

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Olive Garden's Menu Strategy is Tough to Rival

To say Olive Garden has landed on an effective menu strategy wouldn’t do it justice. Let’s just take a two-quarter sample into consideration.

Taking the Pulse of the Italian Restaurant Icons

When it comes to the Italian category, three major chains dominate the headlines.

Olive Garden is Changing—But Only Because it Can

Darden flagship Olive Garden hasn’t lacked for consistency.

Olive Garden Doesn't Need Delivery to Dominate the Industry

Darden might be the king of simplification, but CEO Gene Lee cautioned against boxi

Darden will invest million in its employees.

Surging Darden Plans to Add 40–50 Restaurants in 2019

Darden’s strong close to fiscal 2018 soared its stock more than 15 percent Thursday to $107.06, its highest point since March 2009. Don’t expect that momentum to slow anytime soon.

Darden to Scale Back Olive Garden Promotions, Including Buy One, Take One Deal

Darden’s total sales lifted 13.3 percent to $2.13 billion in the third quarter, offering another positive chapter in what’s been a robust fiscal 2018 to date.

Olive Garden's Pasta Nachos take homemade pasta chips that are lightly fried and layered with Italian cheeses and a hearty meat sauce. Then they’re topped with cherry peppers and an Alfredo drizzle.

Olive Garden Launches Loaded Pasta Chips in Time for Super Bowl

Just in time for the big game, Olive Garden’s newest appetizer is “Loaded Pasta Chips.” What looks like lasagna noodles are cut chip-sized, then fried and topped with Italian cheeses, meat sauce, c