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Olive Garden update

By Krummert, Bob
Publication: Restaurant Hospitality
Date: Sunday, September 1 2002

Due to last-minute space considerations, a sidebar detailing the promotion of longtime Olive Garden president Brad Blum to vice chairman of Olive Garden parent Darden Restaurants was not included in the profile of Olive Garden which ran in the August 2002 RH. Drew Madsen, formerly the chain's executive

vice president of marketing, is now president of Olive Garden.

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