TikToker Reveals The Alleged Method Olive Garden Uses To Avoid Customers From Bringing Home Endless Pasta
They definitely know that you're taking their pasta home
The American casual dining restaurant brand Olive Garden specializes in Italian-American cuisine. It is a division of the Florida-based Darden Restaurants, Inc., with its main office in Orange County.
Its parent company, Darden, had $6.9 billion in revenue as of 2012. From that amount, $3.8 billion came from Olive Garden restaurants.
Their website caption reads:
Welcome to Olive Garden Italian Restaurants. Stop by today and enjoy family-style dining and fresh Italian food at our local restaurants.
People were definitely happy when Olive Garden reinstated its renowned "never-ending pasta bargain" after a two-year absence. According to a Forbes article, it states that:
“The Never Ending Pasta Bowl Menu includes the choice of four kinds of pasta (fettuccine, spaghetti, rigatoni, and angel hair), plus five sauces (made-from-scratch creamy mushroom, traditional marinara, five cheese marinara, traditional meat sauce, and Alfredo), and three toppings (meatballs, Italian sausage, and crispy chicken fritta).”
Most Olive Garden locations only charge $13.99 for the combo, and each additional topping is $4.99. What's stopping people from bringing a bowl home, considering how reasonably priced the deal is for the quantity of food they receive?
Well, one customer, who also happens to be a TikToker, came up with a theory and shared it in this now-viral TikTok video. In her second dish of pasta, TikToker Isabel noted a rather significant size difference.
“Never-ending, but they bring you a smaller bowl the next time. They know you're taking it home.”
TikTok| @issa_chabelaTikToker Isabel laughs while saying, “Never-ending, but they bring you a smaller bowl the next time.” The caption on the video reads, “They know you're taking it home.”
You'll get to see the original TikTok video as you keep scrolling. Nevertheless, this hypothesis was supported by viewers in the comments section.
"I just started as a server there, and I was confused too when I picked up the refill,” a viewer said. “Like, oh, small bowl, alright then,” the viewer added.
Others discussed how they go about bringing a meal or two home. Evidently, this isn't an issue elsewhere. At least one commentator said this:
“A few years ago, I was going to leave after finishing my bowl, and they stopped me and brought me a refill to take home. I don't know why they're weird to you all."Here's the original viral video posted by TikToker Isabel
Some people provided advice on how to get a complete takeaway package. “They also definitely don’t want to waste food! Bring a plastic bag and dump it in that, ask for another bowl…THEN your box,” suggested a commentator.
Regardless, this video made viewers crave pasta. One particularly popular comment reads, "God, I want Olive Garden now."
No one wants their food wasted, and this is just one tactic that Olive Garden uses to curtail that (or to stop you from taking it home). Come on, every business has its own way of making sales; besides, you can tell from the comments that people actually started craving pasta.
