NORTHLAND'S FAVORITE HITS » Olive Garden http://kool1017.com Thu, 20 Jun 2013 11:00:17 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.2 Olive Garden And Red Lobster Owner Darden Continues To Underperform http://kool1017.com/olive-garden-and-red-lobster-owner-darden-continues-to-underperform/ http://kool1017.com/olive-garden-and-red-lobster-owner-darden-continues-to-underperform/#comments Thu, 20 Dec 2012 19:46:34 +0000 Steve Tanko http://kool1017.com/?p=108674 Revamped menus and marketing didn't help Florida-based Darden Restaurants boost their sales in the most-recent quarter.  The parent company of Red Lobster, Olive Garden, and Longhorn Steakhouse posted numbers that were even lower than analysts had forecasted.

]]> http://kool1017.com/olive-garden-and-red-lobster-owner-darden-continues-to-underperform/feed/ 0 Source: Old Shoe Woman via flickr Obamacare To Cost Some Restaurant Employees Their Full Time Status http://kool1017.com/obamacare-to-cost-some-restaurant-employees-their-full-time-status/ http://kool1017.com/obamacare-to-cost-some-restaurant-employees-their-full-time-status/#comments Thu, 11 Oct 2012 18:21:20 +0000 Steve Tanko http://kool1017.com/?p=91463 Red Lobster.  Olive Garden.  Longhorn Steakhouse.  White Castle.  As restaurant owners approach the full roll out of the Affordable Care Act (AKA - Obamacare) and the costs associated with it, they are making changes to maintain the profitability of their company.  Primarily those changes mean a reduction of hours and full-time status for their employees.

]]> http://kool1017.com/obamacare-to-cost-some-restaurant-employees-their-full-time-status/feed/ 0 (Photo by Scott Olson/Getty Images) Olive Garden, Red Lobster Employees File Lawsuit for Unpaid Wages — Dollars and Sense http://kool1017.com/olive-garden-red-lobster-employees-file-lawsuit-for-unpaid-wages-dollars-and-sense/ http://kool1017.com/olive-garden-red-lobster-employees-file-lawsuit-for-unpaid-wages-dollars-and-sense/#comments Fri, 07 Sep 2012 12:33:29 +0000 Mike Adams http://tsminteractive.com/?p=140167 A lawsuit was filed on Thursday in federal court claiming that wait staff employees from Olive Garden, LongHorn Steakhouse, Red Lobster and other restaurant chains across the country associated with Darden Restaurants were underpaid.

]]> http://kool1017.com/olive-garden-red-lobster-employees-file-lawsuit-for-unpaid-wages-dollars-and-sense/feed/ 0 Upstateprodigy08, Flickr Olive Garden's Parent Company Buys Competing Chain http://kool1017.com/olive-gardens-parent-company-buys-competing-chain/ http://kool1017.com/olive-gardens-parent-company-buys-competing-chain/#comments Fri, 13 Jul 2012 15:21:52 +0000 Steve Tanko http://kool1017.com/?p=72154 Following what appeared to be a bleak business year for Darden Restaurants - the parent-company of Olive Garden and Red Lobster, things seem to be looking up.  Darden Restaurants announced the agreement to purchase the Yard House chain for $585 million dollars in cash

]]> http://kool1017.com/olive-gardens-parent-company-buys-competing-chain/feed/ 0 Source: Diaper via flickr Olive Garden Serves 10 Year Old Rum By Accident http://kool1017.com/olive-garden-serves-10-year-old-rum-by-accident/ http://kool1017.com/olive-garden-serves-10-year-old-rum-by-accident/#comments Mon, 23 Apr 2012 16:55:59 +0000 Steve Tanko http://kool1017.com/?p=53087 You might want to double-check that "kiddie cocktail";  A 10-year old Indianapolis boy was hospitalized over the weekend after being served rum in his drink at an Olive Garden.
According to police, the boy had ordered a non-alcoholic wildberry frullato daiquiri for children but the waitress mistakenly brought back a drink that had rum in it

]]> http://kool1017.com/olive-garden-serves-10-year-old-rum-by-accident/feed/ 0 Source: diaper via flickr Olive Garden Tries To Win Back Customers http://kool1017.com/olive-garden-tries-to-win-back-customers/ http://kool1017.com/olive-garden-tries-to-win-back-customers/#comments Mon, 23 Jan 2012 16:27:12 +0000 Steve Tanko http://kool1017.com/?p=29427 Hoping to shore up it's bottom line, Darden-owned Olive Garden is trying to win back former customers.
It is a major challenge for Orlando-based Darden Restaurants, which owns Olive Garden, Red Lobster and other brands

]]> http://kool1017.com/olive-garden-tries-to-win-back-customers/feed/ 0 Souirce: Williamhartz via flickr Some Restaurant Chains Prosper With Customers Despite The Economy http://kool1017.com/some-restaurant-chains-prosper-with-customers-despite-the-economy/ http://kool1017.com/some-restaurant-chains-prosper-with-customers-despite-the-economy/#comments Thu, 13 Oct 2011 14:59:20 +0000 Steve Tanko http://kool1017.com/?p=17513 Sure the economy has been tough on all businesses - especially restaurants.   But, financial analysts on Wall Street have taken note of some of the more resilient restaurant chains - going so far as to say that they would make good stock picks

]]> http://kool1017.com/some-restaurant-chains-prosper-with-customers-despite-the-economy/feed/ 0 Source: Williamhartz via flickr Obama Says No French Fries For You; Olive Garden Agrees http://kool1017.com/obama-says-no-french-fries-for-you-olive-garden-agrees/ http://kool1017.com/obama-says-no-french-fries-for-you-olive-garden-agrees/#comments Thu, 15 Sep 2011 18:40:27 +0000 Steve Tanko http://kool1017.com/?p=14691 You know - you work hard.  You go to a restaurant.  "Order anything you want".  Sure - why not;  You're paying for it - right?

Not at Olive Garden.

Following the edict handed down from the Obama administration, the Olive Garden has become the first restaurant chain to choose for you.

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