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Olive Garden is the largest full-service Italian restaurant chain in the United States. It was founded in Orlando, Fla. by Darden Restaurants, when the Orlando-based company was a division of General Mills. Known for its bread sticks and endless salads, Olive Garden has undergone several transformations since its inception. The chain now emphasizes dishes inspired by its culinary institute based in Tuscany, Italy, and promotes an expanded wine list. In fiscal 2007, its sales totaled $2.8 billion, an average of $4.7 million per restaurant. Darden has been accelerating new restaurant openings at the chain, with more than 35 planned to open in fiscal year 2008. Olive Garden has more than 610 lo...
Olive Garden is the largest full-service Italian restaurant chain in the United States. It was founded in Orlando, Fla. by Darden Restaurants, when the Orlando-based company was a division of General Mills. Known for its bread sticks and endless salads, Olive Garden has undergone several transformations since its inception. The chain now emphasizes dishes inspired by its culinary institute based in Tuscany, Italy, and promotes an expanded wine list. In fiscal 2007, its sales totaled $2.8 billion, an average of $4.7 million per restaurant. Darden has been accelerating new restaurant openings at the chain, with more than 35 planned to open in fiscal year 2008. Olive Garden has more than 610 locations.
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Correspondents' Dinner: Obama targets Romney, GOP at 'nerd prom'
WASHINGTON -- All’s fair in love and war -- and the White House Correspondents’ Dinner. With Washington and media elite in attendance, along with a sprinkling of celebrities, President Obama wasted no time in taking aim at political rivals...
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Review: Hyundai Azera perfectly parked in large sedan segment
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Olive Garden comeback: Darden Restaurants' 3rd-quarter profit up
Maybe it's Marilyn Hagerty working her magic: Olive Garden is reversing out of a long slump with more visitors and better sales. A few weeks after the elderly North Dakota reviewer’s piece on a new Olive Garden restaurant in Grand Forks went...
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Ohio links earthquakes to wastewater from drilling, sets tough rules
The injection of wastewater from natural gas drilling into a disposal well probably caused a dozen earthquakes last year in Ohio, state officials said Friday, and they unveiled new regulations to deal with the potential hazard.
Ohio's Department of...Tags: Natural Resource Industry, Natural Gas, Environmental Issues, Natural Disasters, Energy Resources
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Olive Garden reviewer in North Dakota surprised by attention
Some people can be downright rude, one North Dakota restaurant reviewer learned this week. Not to mention snobby. The story pits urbanites with endless culinary options against a prairie town with slim pickings. Marilyn Hagerty's review of a new Olive...Tags: Social Media, Twitter, Inc., Jimmy Buffett
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'Pink slime': Revolting beef additive or absolutely edible?
"Pink slime," a food additive made from spare beef trimmings that's treated with ammonium hydroxide to kill off E. coli, salmonella and other possible bacteria, continues to rear its slimy head.
Last month, as KTLA reported, McDonald's decided to cease...Tags: ABC (tv network), McDonald's, Foods and Beverages, Jamie Oliver, Salmonella Infection
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Marilyn Hagerty's Olive Garden review now something else entirely
Marilyn Hagerty’s review of the Olive Garden in Grand Forks, N.D., is hardly about the restaurant’s “warm and comforting” chicken Alfredo or the “attractive” bar area -- it’s the purest gauge of all that is...Tags: Anthony Bourdain, Federal Reserve, Red Lobster, Social Media, Media Industry
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McDonald's can keep selling Happy Meals with toys in California
McDonald’s Corp. can keep selling Happy Meals with toys to California children after a San Francisco judge threw out a proposed class-action lawsuit seeking to ban the practice in the state. The Center for Science in the Public Interest said it...
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Food FYI: Chickens, 'the new pink slime'?
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