Why Olive Garden's
Breadsticks Are Unlimited Anyone who has been to
Olive Garden knows how
sinfully delicious
their breadsticks are. The fact that they're unlimitedly provided during your meal makes them even harder to resist. It turns out that Olive Garden has been supplying their patrons with all-you-can-eat 'crack bread' since 1982, when their first location was opened in Orlando, Florida. The reason they have been serving unlimited breadsticks, soup and salad from the beginning
was to embody "the spirit of Italian generosity." The coveted breadsticks are based off of a baguette-like Italian bread, known as a filone, according to an Olive Garden spokesman. One surprising piece of information is that the breadsticks are brushed with margarine, not butter, and then dusted with garlic salt. Starboard, a hedge fund that used to control Olive Garden's parent company, tried to do away with unlimited breadsticks in 2014 due to wastefulness. The chain refused to give in. Olive Garden serves over
529 million breadsticks per year,
And we salute them for it.