Darden Restaurants News

Aventura Chef Allen Susser has developed a line of branded menu items to be sold at Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport.

As the largest owner and operator of full-service restaurants in the world, Darden Restaurants is in a great position to reveal the state of the economy at the most basic level: dining out.

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Almost one month after the fire, most of the servers, cooks and managers of Jackson's LongHorn Steakhouse are either in a new job or close to getting new ones.

Among the companies whose shares are expected to see active trade in Friday's session are Carnival Corp., CarMax Inc., and Oracle Corp.

Dallas, TX - Take-Two Interactive Software, Inc. surged 9.21% to $9.01 on 19.67 million shares after the company announced financial results for its fourth quarter and fiscal year ended October 31, 2009.

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Darden Restaurants, Inc. F2Q10 Earnings Call December 18, 2009 8:30 am ET Executives Matthew Stroud - Investor Relations Andrew H. Madsen - President, Chief Operating Officer, Director Clarence Otis - Chairman of the Board, Chief Executive Officer Analysts David Palmer - UBS David Tarantino - Robert W. Baird Steve West - Stifel Nicolaus Jeff Farmer ...

Darden Restaurants is spiking a day after it reported better-than-expected second-quarter earnings.

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Southwest Airlines on Wednesday announced its schedule for travel from May 9 to Aug.

Shares of restaurant owner Darden Restaurants Inc., which operates Olive Garden, Red Lobster and Longhorn Steakhouse, climbed Wednesday after an analyst upgraded the stock.

But you might not realize that restaurants -- and stocks -- can play similar tricks.

This week's chain restaurant news will be more driven by casual dining sector matters, as Darden reports Thursday.

The Orlando, Fla.-based Bahama Breeze restaurant chain has agreed to pay $1.26 million to settle complaints about alleged racial harassment of 37 black employees in Ohio.

The Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta has named four new board members: Richard H. Anderson, CEO of Delta Air Lines; Rudy E. Schupp, president and CEO of 1st United Bank; Clarence Otis Jr., chairman and CEO of Darden Restaurants; and T. Anthony Humphries, president and CEO of NobleBank & Trust of Anniston, Ala.

In terms of volume, the next week or two will be relatively light for earnings releases.

Casual-dining restaurants may be lifting their foot off the promotional pedal. Recent data out of Knapp-Track, a survey of restaurant sales, suggest that rampant discounts that hurt margins and sales at some chains appear to be easing.

The U.S. Agency for International Development along with alliance partners AED and Darden Restaurants, which owns Red Lobster and Olive Garden, today announced the Global FISH Alliance, a program that promotes sustainable fisheries and responsible aquaculture practices.