Posted on 09/15/2011 4:25:43 AM PDT by tobyhill
Encouraged by Michelle Obama's campaign to reduce childhood obesity, the company that owns the Olive Garden, Red Lobster and four other popular restaurant chains is pledging to cut the calories and sodium in its meals and overhaul its kids' fare.
Darden Restaurants Inc. was unveiling the changes Thursday, with the first lady on hand to lend support.
The company will pledge to reduce the calories and sodium in all its meals by 10 percent over five years, and by 20 percent over 10 years. For children, French fries and sugar-sweetened beverages will become the exception and not the rule.
All kids' meals will automatically come with a side of fruit or vegetables and eight ounces of 1 percent milk unless an adult requests a substitute, Drew Madsen, president and chief operating officer of Orlando, Fla.-based Darden, told The Associated Press.
"We think it's the most comprehensive health and wellness commitment in the industry," he said.
Darden's restaurants serve more than 400 million meals annually at more than 1,900 locations nationwide. Its four other restaurant chains are LongHorn Steakhouse, The Capital Grille, Bahama Breeze and Seasons 52. The Capital Grille and Seasons 52 do not have children's menus.
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I read that. Pretty interesting. You know the NYT apparently (according to Gawker) may be putting out a piece about Zero being ‘clinically depressed’. I wonder if it’s going to be something to gin up sympathy.
Whoa...
Another East Coast earthquake?
If they do, and they think it will gin up sympathy, they are wrong. I hope they do publish it, it will only add evidence to the the facts and they are that this little sh*t is not fit to be in the WH.
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