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Red Lobster Customer Sues Over 'Poison Beer'

The Huffington Post | Joe Satran | Posted 05.16.2013 | Business

Panama City resident Justin Grogg discovered that you can accidentally ingest far worse poisons than alcohol while drinking beer. Like potassium hydroxide.

Is the American Dream Out to Lunch?

Simon Greer | Posted 05.06.2013 | Business
Simon Greer

There is a tremendous opportunity for Darden to grow. The first step is to sit down with its own employees and investors to chart a path for growth based on reasonable standards that will make the promise of the American Dream much more than just lofty rhetoric at a trade conference.

Caroline Fairchild

Bad News For Casual Restaurants

HuffingtonPost.com | Caroline Fairchild | Posted 03.21.2013 | Business

Far fewer Americans dined out last month as many adjusted to smaller paychecks, according to new data released from a closely watched index of restaur...

Companies' Love-Hate Relationship With Payroll Tax Hike

AP | By DANIEL WAGNER | Posted 05.02.2013 | Business

WASHINGTON (AP) — Companies are rushing to describe the impact of higher Social Security taxes that took effect in January. They paint a bleak pictu...

Olive Garden Announces Slowdown

AP | Posted 04.27.2013 | Business

NEW YORK (AP) — Darden Restaurants is pulling back on price increases and the pace of new restaurant openings for its flagship Olive Garden chain, a...

Red Lobster Chain Blames Sliding Sales On Higher Payroll Taxes

AP | Posted 04.24.2013 | Business

ORLANDO, Fla. — Darden Restaurants, struggling to draw more customers into its Olive Garden and Red Lobster restaurants, predicted a third-quart...

Couple Confused, Offended By Note On Takeout Box

Posted 01.18.2013 | Business

A couple dining at a Red Lobster restaurant outside Albany, N.Y., were surprised to find a bizarrely offensive note written on their takeout container...

Apparently Trying To Skirt Obamacare Can Hurt Your Bottom Line

AP | Posted 02.03.2013 | Business

ORLANDO, Fla. — Darden Restaurants Inc. is cutting its profit forecast for the year, with the owner of Olive Garden and Red Lobster blaming fail...

Restaurants Test Plan To Skirt Obamacare

AP | CANDICE CHOI and RICARDO ALONSO-ZALDIVAR | Posted 12.09.2012 | Business

NEW YORK -- The owner of Olive Garden and Red Lobster restaurants is putting more workers on part-time status in a test aimed at limiting costs from P...

Here's What Red Lobster's Menu Looked Like In 1968

AP | The Associated Press | Posted 10.02.2012 | Home

-- Red Lobster is launching its biggest menu revamp in a decade on Oct. 15. The chain plans to expand the number of non-seafood items and boost the n...

Red Lobster Sees Future In Non-Seafood Dishes

AP | CANDICE CHOI | Posted 12.01.2012 | Home

NEW YORK — Red Lobster isn't just for the seafood lover in you. It's also for that person in every group who just wants a chicken dish. The cha...

Workers Allege Olive Garden, LongHorn Violated Wage Rules

AP | CURT ANDERSON | Posted 11.07.2012 | Business

MIAMI -- Darden Restaurants Inc. violated federal labor laws by underpaying thousands of servers across the country at Olive Garden, LongHorn Steakhou...

Red Lobster Waitress Attacked By Customers Over Water Filling

Posted 08.21.2012 | Home

Three woman who patronized a Red Lobster in St. Louis are accused of attacking a waitress. St. Louis' CBS affilate writes that Sharrell Evans, Brit...

Olive Garden Owner Makes $585 Million Restaurant Acquisition

AP | Posted 07.13.2012 | Home

ORLANDO, Fla. -- Darden Restaurants Inc., operator of Red Lobster and Olive Garden, said Thursday that it is buying the Yard House USA restaurant chai...

Olive Garden, Red Lobster Struggle To Revive Sales

AP | CANDICE CHOI and TOM MURPHY | Posted 08.22.2012 | Home

NEW YORK -- Darden Restaurants Inc. is struggling to revive sales at its flagship Olive Garden and Red Lobster restaurants. A key sales figure fell at...

Red Lobster Owners To Build World's First Commercial Lobster Farm

Posted 04.09.2012 | Home

Lobster is one of the world's last great wild foods. But wildness isn't exactly a cherished quality in the business world. So when the executives of D...

Dave Jamieson

Pricey Restaurant Chain Pays 'Poverty Wages,' Worker Advocates Say

HuffingtonPost.com | Dave Jamieson | Posted 02.22.2012 | Business

WASHINGTON -- It's been a busy few months at Restaurant Opportunities Centers United, a scrappy non-profit that advocates for low-wage restaurant work...

WATCH: Judge Sentences Husband To Date With Wife After Domestic Dispute

Posted 02.08.2012 | Miami

A Broward County judge has ordered a husband to take his wife out on a date and buy her flowers -- a strangely gentle ruling for a domestic abuse char...

Olive Garden, Pizza Hut Top Customer Satisfaction Survey Of Major Chains

Posted 08.22.2011 | Home

Pasta and pizza win again! Just days after taking the cake as the world's first- and second-favorite foods, the two Italian-cum-American dishes have l...

Ex-Con Sues Red Lobster For Not Hiring Him

Posted 08.20.2011 | Home

A man is suing the Times Square Red Lobster, claiming that the restaurant refused to hire him since he is a convicted felon. Robert Smith, 38, has...

9 Salads Worse Than A Big Mac

The Huffington Post | Laura Schocker | Posted 07.08.2011 | Home

When eating out, we tend to think we’re “being good” by ordering an entrée salad instead of a big, juicy burger. But many of those salads have ...

A Green Lobster?

Jonathan A. Schein | Posted 05.25.2011 | Green
Jonathan A. Schein

Darden Restaurants, Inc., owner of Red Lobster, Olive Garden, and LongHorn Steakhouse, is taking the first steps in going green.

Are IKEA, Outlet Malls, Wal-Mart, and Whole Foods Really Bargains?

Anis Shivani | Posted 05.25.2011 | Green
Anis Shivani

American consumers are being taken for a ride.