New York CNN —Even the unlimited breadsticks at Olive Garden and wooden rocking chairs at Cracker Barrel can’t seem to lure back the baby boomers.
Now, some older customers are still staying away, exacerbating a foot traffic problem faced by restaurant chains.
Darden Restaurants (DRI), which owns Olive Garden, Longhorn Steakhouse, Cheddar’s Scratch Kitchen and others, noted during an analyst call Thursday that it, too, is seeing declining visits from older customers.
The largest of Darden’s franchises by far, Olive Garden is about “more and more and more,” as Cardenas said Thursday.
For Cracker Barrel, which has also been trying to attract younger consumers but has traditionally appealed to an older clientele, the pullback from older customers is a bigger deal.
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