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Olive Garden Never-Ending Pasta Bowl returnsOlive Garden Never-Ending Pasta Bowl returns

Promotion begins Aug. 26, with $13.99 starting price, and runs through Nov. 17

Ron Ruggless, Senior Editor

August 20, 2024

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Olive Garden's Never-Ending Pasta Bowl promotion returns through Nov. 17.Olive Garden

Olive Garden, the Darden Restaurants Inc. concept, this week has relaunched its popular Never-Ending Pasta Bowl promotion, providing an early peek to loyalty members and social-media followers.

The Orlando, Fla.-based company said the Never Ending Pasta Bowl would officially be available on Aug. 26 and it would run through Nov. 17. The annual promotion was put on a two-year hiatus during the COVID pandemic and returned in 2022.

Starting at $13.99, customers can get as much pasta as they want, along with unlimited amounts of breadsticks and homemade soup or salad. Toppings are an additional $4.99.

Pasta choices include fettuccine, spaghetti, rigatoni, and angel hair. Sauces including cream mushroom, marinara, five-cheese marinara, meat sauce and alfredo. The added topping choices include: meatballs, Italian Sausage, and Chicken fritta.

As of May 26, Darden had 920 Olive Garden restaurants. Darden also owns LongHorn Steakhouse, Cheddar’s Scratch Kitchen, and other concepts within its 2,031 restaurants.

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About the Author

Ron Ruggless

Senior Editor, Nation’s Restaurant News / Restaurant Hospitality

Ron Ruggless serves as a senior editor for Informa Connect’s Nation’s Restaurant News (NRN.com) and Restaurant Hospitality (Restaurant-Hospitality.com) online and print platforms. He joined NRN in 1992 after working 10 years in various roles at the Dallas Times Herald newspaper, including restaurant critic, assistant business editor, food editor and lifestyle editor. He also edited several printings of the Zagat Dining Guide for Dallas-Fort Worth, and his articles and photographs have appeared in Food & Wine, Food Network and Self magazines. 

Ron Ruggless’ areas of expertise include foodservice mergers, acquisitions, operations, supply chain, research and development and marketing. 

Ron Ruggless is a frequent moderator and panelist at industry events ranging from the Multi-Unit Foodservice Operators (MUFSO) conference to RestaurantSpaces, the Council of Hospitality and Restaurant Trainers, the National Restaurant Association’s Marketing Executives Group, local restaurant associations and the Horeca Professional Expo in Madrid, Spain.

Ron Ruggless’ experience:

Regional and Senior Editor, Informa Connect’s Nation’s Restaurant News and Restaurant Hospitality (1992 to present)

Features Editor – Dallas Times Herald (1989-1991)

Restaurant Critic and Food Editor – Dallas Times Herald (1987-1988)

Editing Roles – Dallas Times Herald (1982-1987)

Editing Roles – Charlotte (N.C.) Observer (1980-1982)

Editing Roles – Omaha (Neb.) World-Herald (1978-1980)

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