Olive Garden’s Parent Company Announces Multiyear Deal With Uber

Published on September 20, 2024

Darden Restaurants, the parent company of restaurant chain Olive Garden, will begin delivering food via the ride-sharing app Uber later this year under a new partnership announced on Sept. 19. The multiyear delivery deal “will enable restaurant guests to order on-demand delivery via Darden restaurant channels, with delivery handled by Uber Direct, through Uber’s national delivery network,” Darden said in a statement. Customers will be able to order from the Italian restaurant chain and get their food delivered by Uber in late 2024 at a limited number of Olive Garden locations. Once a successful pilot of the delivery program has been completed, Olive Garden will likely expand the program nationally to its more than 900 locations by May 2025....

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