Will Olive Garden’s $100 Pasta Pass Beat Inflation Fatigue?

Olive Garden said Monday it is bringing back a fan-favorite deal that will let 10,000 customers eat unlimited pasta for $100 13-week pass, part of a broader push by chain restaurants to win over customers seeking to avoid inflation by offering value deals.

Olive Garden hasn't sold the Pasta Pass since 2019. (Photo by Paul Weaver/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images)

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Olive Garden’s “Never-Ending Pasta Pass” will go on sale Thursday at 2 p.m. EDT, the Italian restaurant chain said Monday, which will cost $100 and offer pass holders 13 weeks of unlimited pasta.

Olive Garden hasn’t sold pasta passes since 2019, but the price hasn’t gone up despite inflation—in 2019, the restaurant chain sold 24,000 pasta passes for $100 each.