Saving Olive Garden
You heard that Olive Garden is in some real trouble financially?
Judging from our Decatur O.G. (which nearly always seems packed, especially on weekends), things for the chain must be going great.
But they aren't.
A report was recently issued detailing some of the problems/issues that are dogging O.G.
A 294-page report. WOW
You can read about it here:
In summary, here are the big points:
- not selling enough alcohol
- too many breadsticks served
- poorly cooked pasta
- expensive take-home containers
- too much advertising
- too many menu items
- too long to clear/clean tables
- staff know little about wine
- wasted money on logo changed
Gosh, are they getting anything right?
That 294-page report even talks about too much dressing being used.
There's a lot of people that really like Olive Garden.
There's a lot of people that really dislike Olive Garden.
It's pretty clear they have a lot of things to get in order. If not, they might not need to worry about big menus.
Out for now.....
Matt
