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We’ve seen some really delicious advancements from our fave fast foodie staples over the past few months and the latest just might be coming to a city near you. Olive Garden just made a mobile announcement that could up its street cred. That’s right, Olive Garden is hitting the streets with its very own food truck serving up its brand-new hot + fresh breadstick sandwiches. We promise we won’t tweet Domino’s pizza emoji or scout a booze-ready Taco Bell while we wait in line. LOL, who are we kidding — we want it all.
The Olive Garden food truck is currently serving up pedestrians in New York before heading out on a cross country road trip to places like Utah, Arizona and Florida. If this feels exciting but also weird — why wouldn’t you want to just make the trek to the ‘burbs and sit down at an OG restaurant with unlimited salad + breadsticks?! — there’s a reason behind this mobile moment. It’s to promote the Italian chain’s recently launched breadstick sandwiches.
You did hear about those right? First, there’s the chicken parm breadstick sandwich — crispy chicken, homemade marinara + melted mozzarella deliciously placed between two breadstick buns. Need this now. If that doesn’t get you hyped enough there’s also the Italian meatball sandwich — meatballs drizzled with marinara and alfredo sauces temptingly assembled between the iconic breadsticks. Seriously, we need these in our stomachs immediately. Sorry diet.
While you can totally order one of these — or both! — at an Olive Garden restaurant during lunch (with unlimited breadsticks still, FYI), why not go all out and make it a special moment with the truck. Track its location on Olive Garden’s Breadstick Nation website where you can enter for a chance to win free Olive Garden lunch for a year *immediately submits all our information*.
Will you be visiting Olive Garden or one of its food trucks to indulge in a breadstick sandwich? Let us know in the comments.
(Photos via @missmorgangreene + Olive Garden)
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It can be intimidating to step out on your own and build a business from the ground up. As part of our collaboration with Office Depot, we're talking with Selfmade alum and solopreneur Colette Lawrence, the faith-based motivator and relationship builder behind The M.E.E. Movement, about ways in which women in business can find success.
B + C: How did you know M.E.E. Movement was your business to start?
The M.E.E Movement represents motivation, empowerment, and encouragement for women. It is what represents me. I did not know at first that it was my business to start, but then the thought of monetizing what I loved came to me. It scared me, however. I registered the business in July 2020 and have been slowly building my wings since.
B + C: What's one strategy that's helped you start your business?
Thinking through and researching what the requirements are to start my business, and then asking questions of people who are in the business. Not all advice worked; however, it helped me to figure out what I needed to do and not to do.
B + C: Did you always know life coaching would be your entrepreneurial path?
(Smiles) No, I did not. I 'stumbled" on it. I knew that people were always coming to me for advice and I found that I loved having conversations with them, especially with women, young and old.
B + C: What was your most valuable takeaway from Selfmade?
My most valuable takeaway was the first day of training: Get out of your own way. There were a lot of great moments and important takeaways from every presenter. However, getting out of my own way, pushing past doubts, was for me my most valuable takeaway. Doing something that I had never done before took courage. If I do not focus on what is happening with me mentally then I cannot deliver to my clients successfully.
B + C: What's one piece of advice you would give to female entrepreneurs on the brink of starting?
Get out of your head. You have something to offer. You have what you need to succeed so go ahead and do it.
B + C: How do you stay motivated?
I stay motivated by listening to music and listening to motivational speakers, and sometimes someone will just reach out and talk about the impact that I made in their life. That adds the extra juice or sauce I need to pummel through the day.
B + C: What's your best organizational tip?
Keep a diary and journal. It's the best way for me to keep organized and it also provides a source motivation as I record not only my "losses" but my wins as well.
B + C: Who inspires you in the entrepreneurial space?
Shirley Toliver – She motivates and empowers and makes me always want to show up.
B + C: What has receiving the Office Depot scholarship to Selfmade done to help you start or grow your business?
The scholarship was a blessing in that all the areas that were covered offered valuable information that I needed, from social media to HR. As a new business owner, I needed to know this to increase my own personal awareness in what it takes to run a successful business. The candidness of the presenters made it easy to see myself in their shoes and helped me to realize that I can also get there.
Thanks Colette! You can follow The M.E.E. Movement on Facebook, YouTube, Instagram, and LinkedIn.
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