“font-size: 9.0pt; font-family: Verdana; mso-fareast-font-family:”>Last week “font-size: 9.0pt; font-family: Verdana; mso-fareast-font-family:”>First Lady Michelle Obama, Darden Restaurants and Partnership for a Healthier America announced a new health and wellness commitment in the restaurant industry.
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“font-size: 9.0pt; font-family: Verdana; mso-fareast-font-family:”>Darden, whose brands include Red Lobster, Olive Garden, LongHorn Steakhouse and Bahama Breeze, is the world’s largest full service restaurant company and owns and operates 1,900 restaurants in 49 states, serving over 400 million meals per year.
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“font-size: 9.0pt; font-family: Verdana; mso-fareast-font-family:”>Across the entire Darden portfolio, the company is working toward a 10 percent reduction of calories and sodium over five years and a 20 percent reduction in calories and sodium over 10 years. On kids’ menus, fruits or vegetables will become the default side option and 1-percent milk will be the default beverage choice with free refills.Â