Darden Restaurants, Inc. is the largest publicly traded casual dining restaurant company
in the world, based on market share and revenues from company-owned restaurants.
In fiscal 2007, we served more than 25 million meals at 1,397 restaurants in 49 states and Canada. Our four distinct restaurant concepts together generated annual sales of more than $5.5 billion. Red Lobster® and Olive Garden®, our flagship brands, are the market-share leaders in their casual dining segments. Each
produced sales of at least $2.6 billion annually, making Darden the only casual dining restau -rant company with two restaurant concepts of this scale. Our emerging brands are Bahama
Breeze® and Seasons 52®. Based in Orlando, Florida, we employ more than 156,000 people,
and our Company trades on the New York Stock Exchange under the symbol DRI.
Operating Company Overview 2 Letter to Shareholders 4 Winning Combinations 8
Community Responsibility 14 Directors and Officers 16 Financial Review 17
Shareholder Information inside back cover
