CFO Rajesh Vennam said late last week during Darden’s fourth-quarter earnings call that the parent company is “probably going ...

Olive Garden restaurants are springing up like mushrooms.From the roots of a single restaurant opened in late 1982 on International Drive in Orlando, the chain grew to 14 units across Florida by ...

North Side Olive Garden plans fall opening Fri., July 9, 2010 George Mavety, project supervisor for Haley Construction, moves a pallet of tile at the Olive Garden construction site at Northpointe.

Expansion and New Developments. Looking ahead, Darden announced plans to open 60 to 65 new restaurants in fiscal 2026. Significant contributions are expected from Olive Garden and LongHorn ...

The Olive Garden Italian Restaurant, which will sit at Route 30 and Route 896, will measure 7,441 square feet, according to draft land development plans submitted to the county.

Similarly, food snobs had a field day when Starboard Value, a hedge fund investor in Darden, critiqued Olive Garden in 2014. Among the gems in Starboard's turnaround plan for Darden were that ...

Darden operated over 930 Olive Garden locations as of late May, when its fiscal 2025 year ended. Meanwhile, the restaurant count of company-owned LongHorn Steakhouses stood at over 590.