Nationally, the ubiquitous Olive Garden chain, which started with two restaurants in 1982 in Orlando, now has 432 and is averaging 50 openings a year. Cathie Weinberg, media communications manager for the Olive Garden chain, also reports a large increase in pasta varieties and toppings in the last decade. We're adding ingredients we didn't offer before, like capers, chopped olives, sliced peppers. There's so much of a variety that I don't see the market becoming saturated for a long time. Macaroni Grill pushes the envelope when it comes to offering new and different pasta dishes.
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Ninety six percent of the shoppers surveyed in last year's Gallup poll said they liked the cost. When it comes to eating out, a bowl of pasta is certainly cheaper than a steak or most French food. And portions often are staggeringly large. We are in the process of designing and building the rest of our 'home'. Another creation of The Master's Tech .