Olive Garden owners ready for more

 
By Travis Reed
Published: July 6, 2007

ORLANDO , Fla. — Pineapple upside down cake is nearing perfection. Cooks are simmering citrus-rum scallops and whipping up a brown sugar rib glaze.

The test oven rarely goes off at Darden Restaurants Inc. , which runs the Olive Garden , Red Lobster and three other chains. The company has 1,400 restaurants, making it the world's biggest casual dining operator.

But times are lean in the industry, and Da...


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