No end to endless breadsticks after all: Under fire from a hedge fund that’s a key investor in its parent company, Olive Garden is defending its practice of giving customers as many breadsticks as they want, saying the policy conveys “Italian generosity”.
In a related matter, Olive Garden’s Creamy Chicken &Gnocchi Soup conveys your Norwegian grandmother’s idea of Italian food.
Get hoppin’ so we can get drinkin’: A shortage of workers has hit the Yakima Valley’s plentiful hop harvest, which is crucial to the craft beer industry.
To attract workers, farmers offer incentives like higher wages, bonus pay, and tearful pleas verging on hysteria from the nation’s beer lovers.
Don’t know much about history: On this day in 2007, O.J. Simpson was arrested in the alleged armed robbery of sports memorabilia collectors in Las Vegas .
Simpson later was convicted and was given a very special Instant Karma sentence of up to 33 years in prison.
— Mark Carlson, Herald staff
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