"Olive Garden is a dinner staple in the United States. Undoubtedly, Americans love Italian food - but perhaps even more than that, they love abundance. This might explain Olive Garden's success. The restaurant is best known for its unlimited breadsticks, salad, and soup. It also offers not one but two pasta passes: the Lifetime Pasta Pass and the Never-Ending Pasta Pass."
"The restaurants never donate food that has been ordered and sent back or partially eaten. Rather, surplus food that hasn't been ordered but needs to be used is prepared by the kitchen and then frozen. The freshly frozen food is then picked up weekly by food banks and non-profit distribution partners, before being given to people who need it in the local community."
Olive Garden offers unlimited breadsticks, salad, and soup and markets two pasta passes, reflecting a focus on abundance. Nearly 40% of the U.S. food supply goes to waste, according to the USDA. Olive Garden is owned by Darden, which partners with Feeding America to redirect surplus prepared food to local charities and food kitchens. Darden restaurants do not donate returned or partially eaten items; instead, kitchens freeze surplus dishes that were not ordered. Weekly pickups by food banks and non-profit distribution partners deliver the frozen food to people in the local community. Darden-owned restaurants have donated over 146 million pounds of food, and sister brands include LongHorn, Yard House, Ruth's Chris, and The Capital Grille.
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