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Darden Restaurants is expected to report solid sales for stores open more than a year in their second quarter earnings release in what will be a temperature check for broader consumer spending.
Claire Sinelli’s finances have gotten tight lately.
Tsering Gawa, 19, recently visited the Times Square Olive Garden to try the restaurant’s Never Ending Pasta Bowl, a promotion that allows customers to order unlimited pasta, soup, salad, and breadsticks for $13.
Olive Garden is quietly testing out a new menu for customers with smaller budgets and smaller appetites.
A slump in tourism hasn’t led to investors checking out of hotel real estate.
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