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Darden Restaurants will rotation retired a caller lighter information entrées paper astatine each Olive Garden locations successful January, nan institution announced during its quarterly net telephone Thursday.
The Italian-American chain is adding nan caller paper section, which features 7 existing dishes successful smaller portions astatine little prices, aft seeing beardown results from tests earlier this year, CEO Rick Cardenas said connected nan call.
"Olive Garden has seen a double-digit summation successful affordability perceptions from guests who bid from nan lighter portions paper and an summation successful wave among these guests, which should thief build postulation complete time," Cardenas said.
"Olive Garden plans to complete nan rollout systemwide successful January."
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The exterior of an Olive Garden June 20, 2025, successful Austin, Texas. (Brandon Bell/Getty Images / Getty Images)
Cardenas noted that nan institution is rolling retired nan paper conception "faster than we anticipated."
"We had primitively expected to rotation it retired complete nan fiscal twelvemonth and possibly moreover into adjacent fiscal year, but it’s doing truthful good and transportation is doing truthful well, we conscionable decided to support going," Cardenas said.
In September, Darden Restaurants confirmed it was experimenting pinch smaller portions astatine 40% of Olive Garden locations.
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A smartphone shows nan logo of Darden Restaurants Inc. Sept. 14, 2025, successful Chongqing, China. (Cheng Xin/Getty Images / Getty Images)
The menu section is an further action for guests and is "not replacing anything" connected nan chain's menu, a spokesperson for Darden Restaurants told FOX Business astatine nan time.
The reduced portions conception includes Olive Garden's Chicken Parmigiana, Eggplant Parmigiana, Lasagna Classico, Five Cheese Ziti al Forno, Cheese Ravioli, Spaghetti & Meatballs and Fettuccine Alfredo, according to Darden Restaurants.
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An bid of breadsticks from an Olive Garden location is arranged successful Tiskilwa, Ill., Sept. 1, 2015. (Daniel Acker/Bloomberg via Getty Images / Getty Images)
The lighter information entrées are priced betwixt $12.99 and $13.99, though they alteration by market, nan spokesperson told FOX Business astatine nan time.
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A spokesperson for Darden Restaurants did not instantly respond to FOX Business' petition for comment.
