forum thread Posted by Meowssi | Staff • Jun 15, 2024
Jun 15, 2024 10:52 PM
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forum thread Posted by Meowssi | Staff • Jun 15, 2024
Jun 15, 2024 10:52 PM
Olive Garden Meal Special: Buy One Meal at Menu Price & Take One Entree Home for $6
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Offer available at participating locations in the Continental US only (excluding the Times Square location) and Canada.
**Our meat sauce includes pan-seared beef and Italian sausage.
Pan seared beef sounds gross .......
Only thing worth $6 at OG is the unlimited soup, salad and breadsticks.
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This isn't as much of a deal, as it is just an advertisement.
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This isn't as much of a deal, as it is just an advertisement.
$12.99 includes unlimited salad and breadsticks, which I'd say is worth at least $2-$3. A side salad at most restaurants is at least $3.99 for the most basic, and probably doesn't include more expensive ingredients like the pepperoncini, olives, grated parmesan (parm is expensive). You could eat just that if you wanted to and take your pasta home as leftovers.
Not even factoring in time/effort, electricity, cleanup/soap, etc, I think it's a fair value, especially considering you're going out for an experience w friends/family, and the business has overhead - paying rent, employees wages and benefits, air conditioning, taxes, etc. Competitors like Carabba's charge $18.09 for spaghetti w meat sauce, Cheesecake Factory is $19.95 for tomato basil pasta (no meat).
I have too much time on my hands lol, but point is, all things considered and especially in 2024, I don't think $12.99 is "expensive" by any means. In 1994, I'd have a different opinion because you could get 10 cheeseburgers at McDonald's for $3.90. Now a single cheeseburger is $2.99.
For families that are struggling, I get it, you can get "pretty close" to this, without salad and breadsticks at home for half the price and feed more mouths. Just saying this is comparably "not bad".
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Offer available at participating locations in the Continental US only (excluding the Times Square location) and Canada.
**Our meat sauce includes pan-seared beef and Italian sausage.
Pan seared beef sounds gross .......