Just went to the company website and thanked them. I’m sending the kids in California some money to eat at an Olive Garden since there are none in Montana yet.
Thank you Olive Garden. I love Olive Garden.
Here is Darden's financial bio from Yahoo.
"Darden Restaurants, Inc., through its subsidiaries, engages in the ownership and operation of full-service restaurants in the United States and Canada. The company operates restaurants primarily under Red Lobster, Olive Garden, and LongHorn Steakhouse, The Capital Grille, Bahama Breeze, and Seasons 52 names. It also operates two specialty restaurants, Hemenway’s Seafood Grille and Oyster Bar; and The Old Grist Mill Tavern. As of May 12, 2009, the company owned and operated approximately 1,700 restaurants. It also franchised 5 LongHorn Steakhouse restaurants in Puerto Rico and 27 Red Lobster restaurants in Japan under area development and franchise agreements. The company was founded in 1968 and is based in Orlando, Florida.?"
BTTT
Wow I think I’ll need to eat some Olive Garden this weekend.
"I like that Sarah Palin. She looks like the weekend anchor on Channel 9. She looks like the hygienist who makes you feel guilty about not flossing. She looks like the relieved mom in a Tide commercial." --David Letterman
"I kind of like that Sarah Palin. You know, she reminds me, she looks like the flight attendant who won't give you a second can of Pepsi. No, you've had enough. We're landing. Looks like the waitress at the coffee shop who draws a little smiley face on your check. Have a nice day." --David Letterman
"I like that Sarah Palin. She looks like the lady in the dental office who gives you the keys to the rest room. 'There you are. Just bring them right back.' She looks like my selection of the week on E-Harmony.com. Sarah Palin is a good-looking woman. She looks like the woman in the department store who tries to spray you with perfume. 'Just a little.'" --David Letterman
"I like Sarah Palin. She looks like the dip sample lady at Safeway. She looks like the nurse who weighs you and then makes you sit alone in your underwear for 20 minutes. She looks like the Olive Garden hostess who says, 'I'm sorry, your table isn't ready yet." She looks like infomercial lady who says she made $64,000 a month flipping condos." --David Letterman
"Do you like Sarah Palin? Do you kind of like her? Yeah. I like her because she looks like the lady at the bakery who yells out '44! 45!' She looks like a real estate agent whose picture you see on the bus stop bench. That's who she looks like. She looks like the lady who has a chain of cupcake stores. She looks like the mayor of a small town that's banned dancing." --David Letterman
Sounds like he really had some snobbish, misogynistic thing going.
I’ve asked my wife and kids to take me to Olive Garden for Father’s Day.
Love Olive Garden! Make sure when you eat there tell the manager WHY you chose Olive Garden!
I sent them a letter.
I got a very good response.
I said I was not complaining about only this Palin incident, but in general the constant Conservative bashing.
I told them I would not go to their restaurant if their advertising was on programs that constantly call me and other conservative republicans evil
Hello,
Thank you for contacting us regarding your disappointment with the program content which contained a commercial for a Unilever product. We never wish to offend anyone and your opinions are appreciated regarding this subject matter. Advertising for Hellmann’s or media buys are done months in advance and unfortunately we can’t foresee issues in the media before they come up. We appreciate the feedback from our consumers and we’ve decided to pull our online ads from the Letterman show from our advertising schedule moving forward.
We hope that this information has given you a better understanding of our advertising practices. Thank you again for taking the time to share your views with us. You can be assured that your comments will be considered as we continue to challenge our perceptions about what is appropriate for us in today's environment.
Kind regards,
Your friends at Hellmann’s/Best Foods
Don’t go running to the Olive Garden yet. Read this:
Olive Garden Disputes Report That Ads Were Pulled From Letterman Show
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2274633/posts
Keep the heat on. Eventually, CBS executives will pull their cerebral cortex out of their gluteus maximus.
From whichever side.
Olive garden has refuted this.
Good! A bit of justice achieved. More to come.
Looks like the public pressure is working.