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Opening day!
dec. 13,1982 the first olive garden was opened by Generl Mills. -
Winery
they first started a winery and sold in the restaurant also -
145 restaurtants
by 1989 Generl Mills had opened 145 restaurtants. -
Broke Off
Generl Mills broke off and Olive Garden became owned by
Darden restaurtants. -
The Farmhouse
The famrhouse is home to the riserva di fizzano restaurant adjoining the company's culinary institule of tuscany which was founded in 1999. -
Dolcin desserts
olive garden began to import parts of the menu it began selling smaller desserts portions which is called dolcini -
Globally
the compnay operates over 730 restaurants globally -
the next few years
in february 2011 Dardenanalyst conference the parent group annouce in intended to add more than 200 olive gardens in the next few years.