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Darden Restaurants Inc. (DRI) is in the Food Industry
- Revenue
- May 25 2008
- $6.6B
- Profit
- May 25 2008
- $377.2M
- Market Cap
- Oct 06 2008
- $3.5B
Latest News and Analysis
Restaurant Companies See Prime Sites Opening Up
By Lisa BaertleinLOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Executives from restaurant chains Darden Restaurants Inc DRI, California Pizza Kitchen Inc CPKI and Buffalo Wild Wings Inc BWLD said on Thursday they are seeing prime real estate open up as tenants back out of deals."The availability of quality sites is greater than it...
Raw Data Report: Darden Restaurants, Bob Evans
TickerMine submits: Each day, Wall Street is flooded with stock research offering a multitude of conflicting investment opinions. As such, TickerMine is not in the business of providing more opinions. We believe that accurate raw data points can be used to gain insight in to the stock selection...
Darden Restaurants, Dine Equity: A Look at 2 Value Plays
Scott Rothbort submits: A few thoughts on Darden Restaurants DRI quarterly earnings which was released last night. Call Transcript Of all my restaurant picks and holdings, DRI is the only fixer upper in the portfolio. I thought that the quarter was OK and frankly I was braced for worse...
Abercrombie and Fitch Downgrade: A Sign of the Times?
Market Folly submits: This is just continuing evidence of a lackluster consumer environment. Abercrombie and Fitch ANF same store receipts were down in August, setting up what I predict will be a downward accelerating consumer environment. Both Citi and Merrill Lynch downgraded ANF on Friday, citing deteriorating sales and increased...
Tricky Times for Darden Restaurants
Trader Mark submits: I continue to be a bear on consumer discretionary - except for Kool Aid sales, which I'm extremely bullish on considering how much of it I see everywhere; at least on Wall Street. However, being a bear now is quite a bit trickier than it was last...
UBS' Darden Downgrade: Deceptive, Confusing and Poor
Scott Rothbort submits: Yesterday UBS analyst David Palmer downgraded Darden Restaurants DRI to “Neutral” from “Buy”. In order to rationalize that downgrade the analyst moved their price target down $1 from $39 to $38. Yet DRI remains his top pick in the casual dining segment. The stock moved from...
Restaurants Still Feeling the Economic Slowdown
Paul Carton ChangeWave Alliance submits: Since November 2007, our ChangeWave consumer surveys have tracked a continuing slowdown in U.S. restaurant spending. To find out if the outlook for restaurants is showing any signs of improvement, we surveyed Alliance members on their dining habits during the weeks of June 25-July...
Raw Data Report: Cheesecake Factory, Cosi, and Olive Garden
TickerMine submits: Each day, Wall Street is flooded with stock research offering a multitude of conflicting investment opinions. As such, TickerMine is not in the business of providing more opinions. We believe that accurate raw data points can be used to gain insight in to the stock...
Raw Data Report: Morton's, Olive Garden, and Buffalo Wild Wings
TickerMine submits: Each day, Wall Street is flooded with stock research offering a multitude of conflicting investment opinions. As such, TickerMine is not in the business of providing more opinions. We believe that accurate raw data points can be used to gain insight in to the stock...
Time To Start Nibbling at Restaurants?
Alan Brochstein, CFA submits: There is an apparently large faction of people who expect that Americans, weighed down by their debt burdens and facing rising costs, will abandon restaurants and start cooking. Yeah, right. While I have been very negative on the industry, I want to say that...
Darden Restaurants F4Q08 (Qtr End 5/25/08) Earnings Call Transcript
Question-and-Answer Session Operator Operator Instructions Our first question this morning comes from the line of John Glass with Morgan Stanley. John Glass - Morgan Stanley Thanks very much. Just going back, Brad, to your guidance on the 52-week basis being 7% to 8% earnings growth, and you...
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Brower Piven Announces the Filing of a Class Action Lawsuit Against Darden Restaurants, Inc.
Brower Piven, A Professional Corporation announces that a class action lawsuit has been commenced in the United States District Court for the Middle District of Florida, Orlando Division, on behalf of purchasers of the common stock of Darden Restaurants, Inc. ("Darden" or the "Company") (NYSE: DRI) between June 19, 2007...
Darden Restaurants F3Q08 (Qtr End 2/24/08) Earnings Call Transcript
Question-and-Answer Session Operator Operator Instructions We’ll go to the line of Steven Kron with Goldman Sachs. Please go ahead. Steven Kron - Goldman Sachs Thanks. Good morning, guys. A couple of questions on margins, if I could. I guess Brad, if I look at the operating margins for the...
Coughlin Stoia Geller Rudman & Robbins LLP Files Class Action Suit against Darden Restaurants Inc
NEW YORK -- Coughlin Stoia Geller Rudman & Robbins LLP ("Coughlin Stoia") (http://www.csgrr.com/cases/darden/) today announced that a class action has been commenced on behalf of an institutional investor in the United States District Court for the Middle District of Florida on behalf of purchasers of Darden Restaurants Inc. ("Darden") (NYSE:...
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Darden Restaurants F2Q08 (Qtr End 11/25/07) Earnings Call Transcript
Question-and-Answer Session Operator Operator Instructions The first question comes from the line of Glen Petraglia with Citigroup. Please go ahead. Glen Petraglia - Citigroup Good morning. I get the sense from your comments that it sounds like you expect the environment or the sales trends to sort of...
Darden Restaurants F1Q08 (Qtr End 8/26/07) Earnings Call Transcript
Question-and-Answer SessionOperator Operator Instructions Your first question comes from Jason Whitmer – Cleveland Research. Jason Whitmer – Cleveland Research Good morning, good quarter. Drew, can you talk a little further about Red Lobster specifically, with some of the feedback and research you have been doing...
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- Incorporated: 1995
- CEO: Mr. Clarence Otis Jr.
Darden Restaurants is engaged in the casual dining restaurant business. Co. operated 1,702 restaurants in the U.S. and Canada. In the U.S., Co. operated 1,667 restaurants in 49 states, including 651 Red LobsterŽ, 647 Olive GardenŽ, 305 LongHorn SteakhouseŽ, 32 The Capital GrilleŽ, 23 Bahama BreezeŽ, and seven Seasons 52Ž restaurants, and two specialty restaurants: Hemenway's Seafood Grille & Oyster BarŽ and The Old Grist Mill TavernŽ. In Canada, Co. operated 29 Red Lobster and six Olive Garden restaurants. Co. also franchised five LongHorn Steakhouse restaurants in Puerto Rico and 27 Red Lobster restaurants in Japan under area development and franchise agreements.
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Darden Restaurants Inc. Company Info
Board of Directors
Mr. Clarence Otis Jr.
Chairman
Ms. Maria A. Sastre
Mr. Jack A. Smith
Ms. Rita P. Wilson
Mr. Andrew H. Madsen
Dr. Leonard L. Berry Ph.D.
Mr. Odie C. Donald
Mr. David H. Hughes
Mr. Charles A. Ledsinger Jr.
Mr. William M. Lewis Jr.
Senator Connie Mack III
Mr. Michael D. Rose
Contact Information
5900 Lake Ellenor Drive
Orlando, FL
407 245-4000
NAICS Code
Full-Service Restaurants: 722110
