Olive Garden is famous for its endless breadsticks. They’re less well-known for their endless SOUP . . .
Die-hard Olive Garden fans are amped after finding out you can order soup by the GALLON. It literally comes in a bucket.
It’s never really been a secret. You just have to order through their catering menu. (Their four soups are Chicken & Gnocchi, Pasta e Fagioli, Minestrone, and Zuppa Toscana.)
“Food & Wine”pointed out Olive Garden’s catering portions are only available for delivery or to go, so you can’t sit there and gross everyone out by eating a bucket of soup at the bar.
You can order half-gallon or full-gallon buckets. Prices vary by location, but they do cut you a deal for buying your soup in bulk.
It can be four to five times cheaper than single servings, around $2.50 a bowl, compared to $12 a bowl if you ordered off the normal menu.
A full gallon serves 12 people, so people are using it as a meal-planning hack to save money. The one drawback is it doesn’t come with breadsticks. You’d have to order those separately, and pay for them.
(Here’s a video.)
@dearyall Adventures with my boba bucket part 1: one entire gallon of Olive Garden’s chicken and gnocchi soup😂 It’s actually really economical. The whole thing is about $30 . . . . . #olivegardensoup #bobabucket #batonrouge #louisiana #olivegarden ♬ Passionfruit (Instrumental) – Luke Muzzic
