Darden Restaurants Inc (DRI) company profile

Darden Restaurants, Inc. operates full-service dining establishments across North America. Its operations are organized into four reportable segments: Olive Garden, LongHorn Steakhouse, Fine Dining, and Other Business. The brand portfolio includes Olive Garden, LongHorn Steakhouse, Yard House, Ruth’s Chris Steak House, Cheddar’s Scratch Kitchen, The Capital Grille, Chuy’s, Seasons 52, Eddie V’s Prime Seafood, Bahama Breeze, and The Capital Burger. Offerings range from Italian cuisine, steaks, and seafood to scratch-cooked American comfort meals, Mexican-inspired fare, burgers, craft beer, and fine wines. The company primarily serves general consumer dining patrons across diverse casual and upscale dining occasions without dependence on any single major customer.

As of May 31, 2026, the company's network comprises 2,373 locations, consisting of 2,202 company-owned and operated restaurants across the United States, 167 franchised locations, and four contractually managed sites. Beyond the United States, franchised operations span Canada, Latin America, Asia, the Middle East, the Caribbean, and Europe. Darden maintains its principal executive offices and restaurant support center in Orlando, Florida.

Summary of the business section of Darden Restaurants's latest annual report, written by StockData.

“Actually paid” adjusts reported pay for changes in the value of equity awards. Shareholder return assumes $100 invested at the start of the measurement period, as disclosed by the company.

Stock and option awards are grant-date fair values, not realized pay. “Other” includes pension value changes and all other compensation. Source proxy statement.

“At the end of fiscal 2020 , we employed approximately 177,000 people (team members) in the United States and Canada.”