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#Tablet for 2 waiting at an Olive Garden near you soon Olive Garden, owned by Florida's Darden Restaurants Inc, . started using Ziosk tablets in some of its restaurants last year. The chain said Tuesday that locations using the devices have experienced faster dining times and increased tip percentages for wait staff. It will start rolling them out at additional restaurants next month and expects the 7-inch devices to be in all of its more than 800 U s. restaurants before year's end.""We've been focused on improving the dining experience at every touch point, and we're excited to give our guests the ability to customize their visit by leveraging the technology of Ziosk's tabletop tablets,"Dave George, Olive Garden president, said in a statement. Tablets have made appearances in airports, where travelers can have delivered food to where they sit, but are limited still in the traditional restaurant scene. Ziosk tablets are in use at Chili's restaurants and are in the process of launching nationwide at Red Robin. Darden's stock fell 47 cents to $68. 13 in afternoon trading. Explore further: Percentage of children eating fast food on a given day drop p

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