The never ending Pasta story. (C'mon Loungers, don't disappoint me.

[Baitball Blogger]

Olive Garden: $100 for 7 weeks of pasta

Olive Garden is about to try a pretty outlandish gimmick to lure folks in the door: pasta up the kazoo.

They're not calling it that, of course. But on Monday, the casual dining chain whose business has seriously softened in recent years, will announce plans for its first-ever "Never Ending Pasta Pass" -- which, for $100, gives the holder the right to consume all of the pasta, salad, bread and Coca-Cola branded soft drinks that they can stuff down for seven weeks.

But you may need to act fast. Only 1,000 of these pasta passes will be sold -- beginning Monday at 3 p.m. ET -- online via the Olive Garden web site. Nothing like being one of 1,000 VIP's who can gorge on pasta for 49 days in a row. The PR stunt piggybacks with the chain's annual "Never Ending Pasta Bowl" promo, Sept. 22 through Nov. 9., which lets folks eat all the pasta they want for $9.99.

"What we're trying to do is get some attention," says Jay Spenchian, executive vice president of marketing. "It's sure to provoke a reaction."

http://www.orlandosentinel.com/business/chi-olive-garden-unlimited-pasta-pass-20140908,0,4469144.story

[cyberswede]

1. It isn't really never ending if it only lasts 7 weeks

(I'm talking to the OG folks, not you)

[LynneSin]

2. Does that come with a lifetime supply of Lipitor?

It just sounds so unhealthy but then again unhealthy defines all the food from Olive Garden.

[lame54]

3. isn't it pasta OUT the kazoo

[orleans]

4. wonder if they sold out. n/t

[Baitball Blogger]

5. They did, actually.

http://www.orlandosentinel.com/business/os-olive-garden-pasta-pass-20140908,0,2821566.story

[mackerel]

6. Why don't they just try adding more veggies to their menu? That's their problem

their whole menu is pasta, meat and cheese.