Darden Restaurants
American multi-brand restaurant operator
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.
 Old Darden Restaurants logo | |
| Company type | Public |
|---|---|
| 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] |
 US$638.0 million(FY 2012)[3] | |
| 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[4] (2022) |
| Divisions | Olive Garden LongHorn Steakhouse |
| Website | darden |
| Footnotes / references [5][6] | |
References change
- ↑ "Darden Brand Book" (PDF). Retrieved 3 January 2022.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 "Darden Restaurants." Company Profile. Hoover's, Inc., 2013. Answers.com. June 24, 2013. Accessed on June 21, 2013.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 "Darden Restaurants, Form 10-K, Annual Report, Filing Date Jul 20, 2012" (PDF). secdatabase.com. Retrieved March 30, 2013.
- ↑ "Darden Brand Book" (PDF). Retrieved 3 January 2022.
- ↑ "Darden 2011 Annual Report" (PDF). Darden Restaurants, Inc. Archived from the original (PDF) on December 24, 2012. Retrieved April 12, 2012.
- ↑ Darden Restaurants, Inc. (May 29, 2011). "FY 2011 10-K". U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. Retrieved April 11, 2012.
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