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Olive Garden Parent Eschews Heavy Discounts Despite Consumer Demand
Olive Garden Parent Eschews Heavy Discounts Despite Consumer Demand
June 22, 2023  |  Earnings

As consumers seek out discounts to help ease their anxieties about restaurant price inflation, Darden Restaurants is sticking with less discount-focused marketing efforts. On a call with...

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Olive Garden Offers ‘Affordable Luxury’ for Diners Amid Inflation
Olive Garden Offers ‘Affordable Luxury’ for Diners Amid Inflation
March 23, 2023  |  Earnings

Darden Restaurants is seeing consumers continue to dine out despite cost pressures. The firm, parent company of casual dining chains Olive Garden and LongHorn Steakhouse...

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Darden, General Mills Experience Two Versions of Food Inflation
Darden, General Mills Experience Two Versions of Food Inflation
September 21, 2022  |  Earnings

Call it a tale of two business models — of ways of grappling with food inflation and grappling with the challenges of protecting margins. Call...

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Olive Garden Parent Predicts Food Inflation Will Blow Over
Olive Garden Parent Predicts Food Inflation Will Blow Over
June 23, 2022  |  Earnings

As restaurants face inflationary challenges, brands are taking different approaches to make the economics work both in the short and long term. Darden Restaurants, the...

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Today in Food Commerce: Instacart Announces Ultrafast Option; Olive Garden Prices out Smaller FSRs
Today in Food Commerce: Instacart Announces Ultrafast Option; Olive Garden Prices out Smaller FSRs
March 24, 2022  |  ResTech

Today in food commerce, Instacart announced plans to open micro-fulfillment centers for 15-minute delivery, and Olive Garden parent company Darden discussed how the company is...

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Olive Garden Parent Prices out Competitors, Invests in Digital Pickup Ordering
Olive Garden Parent Prices out Competitors, Invests in Digital Pickup Ordering
March 24, 2022  |  Earnings

As soaring inflation has many consumers anxious about their spending, Darden Restaurants, parent company of Olive Garden and Longhorn Steakhouse, among others, is leveraging its...

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Table-Service Restaurants at Crossroads Over Use of Aggregators
Table-Service Restaurants at Crossroads Over Use of Aggregators
November 29, 2021  |  Restaurant innovation

While demand for delivery remains high, many restaurants are now in the difficult position of choosing between providing consumers with the convenience they have come...

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Darden Eschews Third-Party Aggregators To ‘Drive Profitable Sales Growth’
Darden Eschews Third-Party Aggregators To ‘Drive Profitable Sales Growth’
June 24, 2021  |  Earnings

Darden Restaurants’ sales are on the rise, though not quickly enough for some. The company, which owns Olive Garden and Longhorn Steakhouse, as well as...

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With Vaccinations And Stimulus Checks, Is Table Service Dining Back?
With Vaccinations And Stimulus Checks, Is Table Service Dining Back?
March 26, 2021  |  Retail

In-restaurant table service is on its way back. Flynn Restaurant Group, Applebee’s largest franchisee with 444 units, told Bloomberg in a recent interview that the...

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