by Quinn Waller | Dec 15, 2025
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. Analysts surveyed by Bloomberg on average expect Darden to post $3.1...
by Quinn Waller | Dec 2, 2025
Claire Sinelli’s finances have gotten tight lately. The 29 year old and her husband made about $90,000 all together last year, but this year she’s doing an unpaid tattoo apprenticeship, so she’s been very strict about their grocery bill. When she does the shopping,...
by Quinn Waller | Nov 7, 2025
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 $13.99. The Brooklyn college student said she ordered three...
by Quinn Waller | Sep 29, 2025
Olive Garden is quietly testing out a new menu for customers with smaller budgets and smaller appetites. The chain has rolled out a test menu with seven existing entrees at lower portion sizes and lower costs across 40% of its 900 some restaurants in the last...
by Quinn Waller | Sep 19, 2025
A slump in tourism hasn’t led to investors checking out of hotel real estate. Hotel REITs are rallying on investor bets that rate cuts, luxury spending, and non-room revenue will keep the lights on. The sector is up by 12.7% in the last month, out pacing the S&P...
