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Darden Restaurants Inc. (DRI)On Aug 19: 33.01   0.00 (0.00%)  
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Darden Restaurants Inc.
5900 Lake Ellenor Drive
Orlando, FL 32809
United States - Map
Phone: 407-245-4000
Fax: 407-245-4989
Web Site: http://www.darden.com

DETAILS 
Index Membership:S&P 500
S&P 1500 Super Comp
Sector:Services
Industry:Restaurants
Full Time Employees:178,200

BUSINESS SUMMARY 
Darden Restaurants, Inc., through its subsidiaries, engages in the ownership and operation of a chain of restaurants in the United States and Canada. The company operates restaurants under the names Red Lobster, Olive Garden, LongHorn Steakhouse, The Capital Grille, Bahama Breeze, and Seasons 52. It also operates two specialty restaurants, Hemenway's Seafood Grille and Oyster Bar; and The Old Grist Mill Tavern. As of May 25, 2008, the company operated approximately 1,702 restaurants. It also franchised 5 LongHorn Steakhouse restaurants in Puerto Rico and 27 Red Lobster restaurants in Japan under area development and franchise agreements. The company was founded in 1968 and is based in Orlando, Florida.
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    CORPORATE GOVERNANCE 
    Darden Restaurants Inc.'s Corporate Governance Quotient (CGQ®) as of 1-Aug-08 is better than 55.3% of S&P 500 companies and 95.1% of Consumer Services companies.
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    KEY EXECUTIVES 
     PayExercised
    Mr. Clarence Otis Jr., 51
    Exec. Chairman, Chief Exec. Officer and Chairman of Exec. Committee
    N/A N/A
    Mr. Andrew H. Madsen , 52
    Pres, Chief Operating Officer
    N/A N/A
    Mr. C. Bradford Richmond , 49
    Chief Financial Officer, Principal Accounting Officer and Sr. VP
    N/A N/A
    Mr. Dave Pickens , 53
    Sr. VP and Pres of Olive Garden
    N/A N/A
    Mr. Eugene I. Lee Jr., 46
    Pres of Specialty Restaurant Group
    N/A N/A
    Dollar amounts are as of and compensation values are for the last fiscal year ending on that date. "Pay" is salary, bonuses, etc. "Exercised" is the value of options exercised during the fiscal year.
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