Darden Restaurants, headquartered in Orlando, today announced the company has made a $500,000 gift-in-kind donation to Habitat by contributing furnishings from 85 of the company’s recently remodeled restaurant locations across the country. These furnishings will be sold at local Habitat for Humanity ReStore resale outlets.
More than 300 of the company’s Red Lobster, Olive Garden and LongHorn Steakhouse restaurants are slated to be remodeled over the next three years, and Darden plans to continue donations during this time, providing Habitat ReStore resale outlets across the country with furnishings for resale.
Donated items from Red Lobster, Olive Garden and LongHorn Steakhouse restaurants have included art work and other decor, dining tables and chairs, booth seating, host/hostess stands and more.
Meanwhile, Darden, on Monday announced the opening of its first LongHorn Steakhouse, a 7,200-square foot restaurant in Cherry Hill, New Jersey. The new restaurant is expected to employ more than 80 people.
Darden Restaurants, the world’s largest full-service restaurant company, operates 1,800 restaurants.
