{"id":11112,"date":"2026-07-14T23:50:08","date_gmt":"2026-07-14T23:50:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/stock999.top\/?p=11112"},"modified":"2026-07-14T23:50:08","modified_gmt":"2026-07-14T23:50:08","slug":"olive-garden-bringing-back-its-never-ending-pasta-pass-for-first-time-in-years","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stock999.top\/?p=11112","title":{"rendered":"Olive Garden bringing back its &#8216;Never Ending Pasta Pass&#8217; for first time in years"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img src=\"https:\/\/static.foxbusiness.com\/foxbusiness.com\/content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/olive-garden-spaghetti-meatballs.jpg\" \/>     <\/p>\n<p>Zelniker Dorfman Private Wealth senior vice president Ryan Lynch joins &#8216;Mornings with Maria&#8217; to discuss AI-driven market gains, Q2 earnings, inflation and what could influence the Federal Reserve&#8217;s next interest rate move.<\/p>\n<p>Olive Garden is bringing back its fan-favorite &#8220;Never Ending Pasta Pass,&#8221; the company announced this week.<\/p>\n<p>Consumers can nab one of the 10,000 passes for $100, plus tax, on July 16 at 2 p.m. ET. Passholders are able to receive 13 weeks of unlimited pasta, sauces and protein toppings in addition to the chain&#8217;s unlimited soup or salad and breadsticks.<\/p>\n<p>The product debuted in 2014 and was last offered in 2019.<\/p>\n<p>An image of Olive Garden&#8217;s popular Never-Ending Pasta Pass offering. (Olive Garden)<\/p>\n<p>OLIVE GARDEN PLANS NATIONWIDE ROLLOUT OF LIGHTER PORTIONS MENU FOLLOWING SUCCESSFUL TESTING<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Bringing it back felt like the right way to recognize the loyalty of so many guests who have kept it top of mind all these years,&#8221; said Jaime Bunker, Olive Garden&#8217;s senior vice president of marketing.<\/p>\n<p>The promotion will only last until all 10,000 passes are claimed. The Never-Ending Pasta Pass isn&#8217;t available for redemption with to-go orders, but its in-restaurant redemptions are unlimited.<\/p>\n<p>Ticker Security Last Change Change % DRI DARDEN RESTAURANTS INC. 195.74 -0.95<br \/>\n        -0.48%<\/p>\n<p>Olive Garden&#8217;s corporate parent, Darden Restaurants, in late June forecast full-year profit below Wall Street estimates and reported lower-than-expected fourth-quarter sales, as higher input costs and increased marketing expenses weighed on margins amid persistent inflationary pressures.<\/p>\n<p>The company, which also owns restaurants Cheddar&#8217;s Scratch Kitchen and Chuy&#8217;s among others, now expects annual earnings per share from continuing operations between $11.10 and $11.35, below an expectation of $11.40 per share, according to data compiled by LSEG.<\/p>\n<p>A meal of spaghetti and meatballs served at an Olive Garden restaurant in Maryland. (Deb Lindsey for The Washington Post via Getty Images)<\/p>\n<p>It expects annual same-restaurant sales to grow 2.5% to 3.5%, the midpoint of which is above analysts&#8217; estimates of 2.81%.<\/p>\n<p>GET FOX BUSINESS ON THE GO BY CLICKING HERE<\/p>\n<p>Darden reported overall sales of $3.72 billion for the fourth quarter ended May 31, missing analysts&#8217; estimate of $3.73 billion.<\/p>\n<p>A sign hangs on the front of an Olive Garden restaurant on June 22, 2023, in Chicago, Illinois. (Scott Olson\/Getty Images)<\/p>\n<p>Its total operating costs and expenses rose 10.7% to $3.20 billion in the fourth quarter from the prior year.<\/p>\n<p>Reuters contributed to this report.<\/p>\n<p>#Olive #Garden #bringing #Pasta #Pass #time #years<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Zelniker Dorfman Private Wealth senior vice president Ryan Lynch joins &#8216;Mornings with Maria&#8217; to discuss&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[2],"tags":[2421,3936,2641,2565,17061,14,84],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/stock999.top\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11112"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/stock999.top\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/stock999.top\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stock999.top\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stock999.top\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=11112"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/stock999.top\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11112\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/stock999.top\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=11112"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stock999.top\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=11112"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stock999.top\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=11112"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}