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Olive Garden Will Soon Serve Up Breadstick Sandwiches
Olive Garden

Olive Garden Will Soon Serve Up Breadstick Sandwiches

The chain is adding chicken parm and meatball breadstick sandwiches to the menu. And yes, they come with unlimited breadsticks.
Kate Taylor | 2 min read
With New Board, Things Are Finally Looking Up for Olive Garden

With New Board, Things Are Finally Looking Up for Olive Garden

Two months after Darden's dramatic board restructuring, Olive Garden beat analysts' expectations and reported its first positive same-store sales in more than a year.
Kate Taylor | 2 min read
Activist Investor Gains Control of Olive Garden Parent's Board

Activist Investor Gains Control of Olive Garden Parent's Board

Starboard Value has successfully replaced the entire board of Darden Restaurants, parent company of Olive Garden, following months of dispute.
Kate Taylor | 2 min read
Olive Garden Parent Darden Restaurants Faces Shareholder Showdown

Olive Garden Parent Darden Restaurants Faces Shareholder Showdown

The battle with activist investor Starboard Value LC will come to a boil at the company's annual meeting on Friday, where Darden is expected to at minimum lose control of its board.
Reuters | 1 min read
Activist Investor Tells Olive Garden to Google 'How to Cook Pasta'

Activist Investor Tells Olive Garden to Google 'How to Cook Pasta'

Starboard Value published a snarky, almost 300-page presentation telling Darden Restaurants how to mend the struggling Olive Garden brand.
Kate Taylor | 4 min read

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Desperate Measures: Olive Garden Revamps Menu as Investors Get Pushy
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Olive Garden added 20 new items to its menu, as investors call for its parent company to shed the struggling chain.
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Struggling Red Lobster to Split From Parent Company

As Red Lobster struggles, Darden is looking to sell or spin off the seafood restaurant to focus on more profitable up-and-coming chains.
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For these businesses, Halloween is about more than trick or treating, with deals designed to pull costumed customers into restaurants.
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