[Recovering_Democrat]

Well folks, the apparent eagerness for Darden to embrace Hussein's political invasion into our FOOD choices has done it for me.

I don't eat too often at Longhorn...but we HAVE socialized at Olive Garden and had family dinners at Red Lobster MANY times. Not any more. Darden is getting a note from us...maybe even a snail mail letter, telling them I will no longer spend my money at their establishments.

Why? Because their embrace of government intervention into my choices is repugnant.

[NativeSon]

what are they doing?

[steve8714]

Huh? Sustainability and diversity are more likely to appeal to Food Network types than to the Feds.

[basil]

Foro those of us who may be ill informed—what are you talking about?

[all the best]

Thanks for posting. We all should let these folks know what we think about this. Call now.

[Mobties]

Thanks for the tip. A big Zafat Zero for Darden.

[Mobties]

Thanks for the tip. A big Zagat Zero for Darden.

[US Navy Vet]

Background Info Thread about this issue:
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2778656/posts

[Gaffer]

I’ll tell my secretary, “No more office fairwell luncheons at OG”.....

[Charles Martel]

Huh. I should've guessed that Red Lobster and The Olive Garden were run by the same outfit.

I tend to avoid all these listed restaurants anyway, but now I'll make a deliberate effort to never darken their doorways.

[harpu]

Duhhhhh...

Is there any wonder why Darden (Darden CEO) supports who it supports?!?

[Buckeye McFrog]

Oh, shoot. And someone just gave my wife an Olive Garden gift card for her birthday.

[JeanLM]

With all the choices for dining out, boycotting Darden is certainly a personal choice one could easily make, but from reading the comments it seems that most boycotts are grounded in anti-Obama feelings rather than what Darden is doing.

Seasons 52 is a very nice upscale restaurant that has long featured entrees below 500 calories, and they did this way before Obama’s food nanny efforts. My wife and I eat there a lot and will continue to do so.

[paddles]

I guess this means low sodium olives in the kid’s martinis at Cap Grille?

[catnipman]

For the most part, chain restaurant food is really crappy stuff, loaded with massive amounts of sodium, fat, and empty calories. I personally find the food at Olive Garden and Red Lobster to be unpalatable. So, in my book, it’s a good thing when restaurants attempt to improve the healthfulness of their fare. I just wish they were responding to free-market forces rather than fascist intimidation.