Amid Darden CEO succession, Olive Garden parent accelerates wage hikes

Dec 17, 2021

Planned $12 minimum hourly wage floor moved up a year to January 2022

Sunday is no longer a throwaway sales day for Darden Restaurants

Sep 23, 2021

CEO Gene Lee says fine-dining division has seen day’s sales increase since pre-COVID, posing operational challenges

Darden donates refrigerated trucks to 10 food banks

Sep 14, 2021

Olive Garden parent’s foundation awards $2M grant to Feeding America-affiliated organizations in 6 states

Kent Taylor book offers insight into Texas Roadhouse success

Aug 24, 2021

Posthumously published “Made From Scratch” debuts this week

How new takeout tools and systems fueled restaurants’ off-premises boom

Aug 19, 2021

From new technology to revamped locations, brands tapped into customer convenience to ride the off-premises wave

Full-service restaurants tap into off-premises potential

Aug 17, 2021

Better packaging, improved technology and virtual brands allow table-service operators to compete with the off-premises experts

Darden finds off-premises demand ‘stickier than we originally thought’

Jun 24, 2021

CEO Gene Lee notes Olive Garden-LongHorn parent’s technology investments to smooth to-go sales

For casual-dining restaurants, pandemic accelerates innovation

Jun 21, 2021

Hard-hit segment adapts with off-premises sales, virtual delivery-only brands, new technology and safety protocols

Menu Tracker: New items from Pizza Hut, Sonic Drive-In and Olive Garden

Jun 03, 2021

Plus innovation at Applebee’s Neighborhood Grill & Bar, Baskin-Robbins, Bruster’s Real Ice Cream, California Pizza Kitchen, Chili’s Grill & Bar, Church’s Chicken, Clean Juice, Dog Haus, Dutch Bros Coffee, Garbanzo Mediterranean Fresh, Little...

Restaurant menus will stay lean, efficient and smart in 2022

May 18, 2021

Rising costs and labor crunch expected to move operators back to basics