
Rick Cardenas
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Rick Cardenas is the CEO of Darden Restaurants, the parent company of LongHorn Steakhouse, which has successfully attracted customers away from Outback by focusing on quality and value.
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Rick Cardenas is the CEO of Darden Restaurants, who discussed the success of the new menu trial at Olive Garden.
The next big thing on menus: Smaller portionsCNN·
United States· 2025-10-04
Rick Cardenas, president and CEO of Darden Restaurants, said on Thursday's earnings call that the initial response from customers has been encouraging.
Olive Garden tests smaller portion menu items at 40% of restaurant locationsFox News·
United States· 2025-09-19
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Rick Cardenas is the CEO of Darden Restaurants, who commented on Olive Garden's strategy to attract customers seeking value.
The untold story about Olive Garden’s most popular special came to beCNN·
United States· 2025-07-05
Darden CEO Rick Cardenas noted that LongHorn was attracting customers trading down from fine-dining restaurants.
How Outback lost the steak wars to Texas Roadhouse and LongHornCNN·
United States· 2025-03-28








