Darden Restaurants

Darden Restaurants, Inc.

Old Darden Restaurants logo
Company type	Public
Traded as	NYSE: DRI S&P 500 component
Industry	Restaurant
Predecessor	General Mills Restaurants (1970–1995)
Founder	William Darden
Headquarters	1000 Darden Center Drive Orlando, Florida 32837
Number of locations	More than 1,800[1]
Area served	Brazil Canada Costa Rica El Salvador Mexico Panama United States (including Puerto Rico, Guam)
Key people	Gene Lee (Chairman) Rick Cardenas (President & Chief Executive Officer)
Services	Foodservice
Revenue	US$7.999 billion (2012)[2]
Operating income	US$638.0 million (FY 2012)[3]
Net income	US$475.5 million[2]
Total assets	US$5.944 billion (FY 2012)[3]
Total equity	US$1.842 billion (FY 2012)[3]
Number of employees	175,000[1] (2022)
Divisions	Olive Garden LongHorn Steakhouse Cheddar's Scratch Kitchen Yard House The Capital Grille Seasons 52 Bahama Breeze Eddie V's Ruth's Chris Steak House
Website	darden.com
Footnotes / references [4][5]

Darden Restaurants is an American multi-brand restaurant operator. It is headquartered in Orlando, Florida. It has more than 1,800 restaurant locations and more than 175,000 employees. It is the world's largest full-service restaurant company.

1. 1 2 "Darden Brand Book" (PDF). Retrieved 3 January 2022.
2. 1 2 "Darden Restaurants." Company Profile. Hoover's, Inc., 2013. Answers.com. June 24, 2013. Accessed on June 21, 2013.
3. 1 2 3 "Darden Restaurants, Form 10-K, Annual Report, Filing Date Jul 20, 2012" (PDF). secdatabase.com. Retrieved March 30, 2013.
4. ↑ "Darden 2011 Annual Report" (PDF). Darden Restaurants, Inc. Archived from the original (PDF) on December 24, 2012. Retrieved April 12, 2012.
5. ↑ Darden Restaurants, Inc. (May 29, 2011). "FY 2011 10-K". U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. Retrieved April 11, 2012.

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