Encouraged by Michelle Obama's campaign to reduce childhood obesity
When Chewbaca gets around to reducing her ass down to a size that doesn't turn the head of a Clydesdale ... maybe then Darden management should start listening.
Posted on 09/15/2011 11:52:13 AM PDT by Freemarkets101
Red Lobster, Olive Garden, and its sister chains are pursuing a "breakthrough moment" in the restaurant industry, that is, according to Michelle Obama. To Americans who actually like eating food, not so much.
(Associated Press) - Darden Restaurants Inc. is pledging to cut calories and sodium in its meals by 20 percent over a decade. Among promised changes for children, a fruit or vegetable side and low-fat milk will become standard with kids' meals unless a substitution is requested.No more French fries for the little ones unless an adult asks for them.
"With this new commitment, Darden is doing what no restaurant company has done before," said the first lady, who joined executives of Orlando, Fla.-based Darden for the announcement at an Olive Garden restaurant in Maryland, just outside Washington.
... The kids' menu changes are scheduled to take effect next July at Darden's 1,900 restaurants in 49 states. Its other brands are LongHorn Steakhouse, The Capital Grille, Bahama Breeze and Seasons 52. The Capital Grille and Seasons 52 do not have children's menus.
Sorry kids.
"This is a breakthrough moment in the restaurant industry. I believe the changes that Darden will make could impact the health and well-being of an entire generation of young people," Michelle said, as she championed her "War Against Childhood Obesity Part 15." Side note: Part 14 was her butt shakin moment to a Beyonce tune.
The problem is, Mrs. Obama is full of crap. She is a dining diva, hopping from one thrifty, not-so-healthy restaurant to the next. Remember earlier this summer when she visited the Shake Shack in Washington D.C., where she ordered a ShackBurger, fries, a chocolate shake, and a Diet Coke - a 1,556-calorie feast that would make the Lord's Supper look healthy?
If Mrs. Obama gets any award, she will go down in history as the biggest calorie counting scam artist in the history of U.S. First Ladies.
Red Lobster going the way of alot of packaged items you see in the supermarket. You get the same product for the same price, but the package is smaller.
They have been Obamasized.
I have provided info in this thread so people can join me in NOT eating at any Darden restaurants again. (For me, this is Red Lobster and Olive Garden. Once in a while, we ate at Longhorn Steak house...but no more!)
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2778750/posts
Mrs. Obama applauds Olive Garden announcement (If kids wants french fries, adult will have to ask)
I’m fine with the restaurants doing this. Government isn’t making them do so, and if people don’t want to eat there because of these decisions, they don’t have to. That’s as it should be.
Stay outta my fries, biOtch!
I avoid all chain restaurants.
I can’t wait for this nightmare brought about by political correctness to end.
I agree. I have not problem with the idea of healthier meals as long as it is not mandated.
anything this couple touches turns to ****....so long Red LOBSTER...(more for her)....watch for both to fail
Lobsters and Crabs will be able to relax when Michelle is ran out of the White House. The Clintons took the furniture, Michelle will take the lobsters, crabs, and alcohol. Sometime soon, Kobe producing herds can relax......
Encouraged by Michelle Obama's campaign to reduce childhood obesity
When Chewbaca gets around to reducing her ass down to a size that doesn't turn the head of a Clydesdale ... maybe then Darden management should start listening.
Wow that is a horse’s ass!
Ok, cough it up.
Who has the pic of Moochelle walking side by side with
Sarkozy’s wife etc. lol
So to save 20% on salt and calories, they will reduce portion size by 20% while keeping the price the same. Very progressive thinking there!
she’s got a massive load and then tells us to lose weight, you can’t even make this stuff up
Please tell me that that woman did not get on top of a horse...she would break the animal’s back!
I recently went to a burger joint opened by a divorced mom. I almost had to take a bath after eating the burger. The fat was dripping off the elbow. It was so good I couldn't believe it. The onion rings were to die for. We asked her the secret and it was the hamburger meat. It was something like 70/30 or something, I can't remember. You have to ask for it special from the meat market. Everyone wants lean, so they don't sell much. She saved money on the inventory and sold the hell out of it.
Her idea was that people had forgotten what real food tasted like so she brought back the '50's. She had started in a portable building but mover to a restaurant in a year. She sells as much for the drive through lunch crowd as the sit down bunch.
Open a restaurant, sell grease and get rich.
I recently went to a burger joint opened by a divorced mom. I almost had to take a bath after eating the burger. The fat was dripping off the elbow. It was so good I couldn't believe it. The onion rings were to die for. We asked her the secret and it was the hamburger meat. It was something like 70/30 or something, I can't remember. You have to ask for it special from the meat market. Everyone wants lean, so they don't sell much. She saved money on the inventory and sold the hell out of it.
Her idea was that people had forgotten what real food tasted like so she brought back the '50's. She had started in a portable building but mover to a restaurant in a year. She sells as much for the drive through lunch crowd as the sit down bunch.
Open a restaurant, sell grease and get rich.
I’m going to cut my Darden calories to zero!
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