[sand lake bar]

I have no problem whatsoever with Darden doing this. One Red Lobster biscuit contains 300 calories and who knows how much sodium. Their good, but I bet they can be just as good if made a little lighter. As far as french fries go, Red Lobster has about the worst fries in the world so I don’t see this as any great loss. Finally, I’m sure Darden wouldn’t do this if they didn’t think it would make them more dough in the long run.

[sand lake bar]

“their” >> “they’re”

[beandog]

I don’t care if they do it, I just won’t be eating there anymore. I like the FF at Red Lobster.

[nikos1121]

This is called healthy choices. If they reduce the taste of their food, I’ll stop going.

If you eat 300 cal biscuit then you get the grilled shrimp not the fried? Get it? Why do you or anybody feel you have to dictate what a restaurant should or should not put on the menu?

I remember the experiment with the bunless burger, or the soy burgers etc.

Bottom line, if you have no will power don’t eat the buscuits, but don’t dictate to me what I should do.

Please see: http://www.redlobster.com/health/healthy_living/health_info.asp

[nikos1121]

http://abcnews.go.com/GMA/Recipes/top-secret-restaurant-recipes-red-lobsters-cheddar-biscuits/story?id=2788706

[Zeppo]

Finally, I’m sure Darden wouldn’t do this if they didn’t think it would make them more dough in the long run.

Perhaps I could believe that if they had decided to make that move independently, however since it evidently was coordinated with the White House, it's hard to give much credence to the idea.

In a similar vein, maybe someone in the upper management ranks of Smith & Wesson might have thought that cooperating with Bill Clinton in making built-in gun locks a mandatory "feature" of their handgun product line would lead to customer approval and subsequent financial gains by the company (and exactly how did that work out for them? Yes, it destroyed the company, and the former owners had to sell out to keep it afloat.), but cozying up with the First Lady (or, by extension with the government) would seem to reek more of rent-seeking than an honest attempt to advance the interests of the shareholders.

I expect that this, too, will backfire big time on the company. Leaving a bad taste in your customers' mouths is not a wise marketing strategy for any company, especially a restaurant chain.