We sure hope Olive Garden survived the presentation yesterday with that 294 slidedeck that was presented by Starboard Value in hopes to restructure their business. In light of that #Deathbypowerpoint example we decided to send design them a personal message of hope and inspiration!

1. HEY OLIVE GARDEN,
AND STARBOARD VALUE

2. We are sorry
you had to sit through this...

4. Sitting through that
might have been worse than this...

6. No disrespect. Don’t get us wrong.
It’s a damn good game plan.

8. At least it looks like one
considering it’s 294 slides long.

10. Someone put in a lot of time
compiling all that data and information.

11. The printout must have been massive!

13. We just feel it could have used
some help and a touch of finesse.

15. We feel it could have used
some help and a touch of finesse.
like this...

16. breadsticks
just one example of food waste
Olive Garden is famous for its unlimited
breadsticks, but poor execution around this
signature item we believe both increases
costs and hurt the guest experience.

18. menu has become far too complex
“I thought the menu selection was very large,
almost too many options.”
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- Olive Garden Customer

20. we believe olive garden needs to improve
the experience, service, and food quality.
RATINGS FROM 9.2012 TO 9.2013
AVERAGE RATING: 3.46
OLIVE GARDEN: 3.0

22. spanish style
tapas
olive garden
no longer serves
authentic italian food.

24. “...the actual dish
was barely edible...”
lasagna fritta
olive garden
website display
served at new york
olive garden

25. OH
, BTW, why doesn’t the
“Olive Garden” have one of these...?

27. And why are you not in Hawaii,
yet your commercials still run here?

29. Just some food for thought : )

30. Next time maybe we can help!
@empoweredpres