| Darden Restaurants, Inc. (Darden) is a full-service restaurant company. As of May 29, 2011, the Company operated, through its subsidiaries 1,894 restaurants in the United States and Canada. As of May 29, 2011, it operated 1,860 restaurants, including 670 Red Lobster, 748 Olive Garden, 354 LongHorn Steakhouse, 44 The Capital Grille, 26 Bahama Breeze and 17 restaurants under the in the United States. As of May 29, 2011, it operated 34 restaurants, including 28 Red Lobster and six Olive Garden restaurants in Canada. Through subsidiaries, the Company owns and operates all of its restaurants in the United States and Canada, except for three restaurants located in Central Florida that are owned by joint ventures it manages. As of May 29, 2011, it franchised five LongHorn Steakhouse restaurants in Puerto Rico to an unaffiliated franchisee and 22 Red Lobster restaurants in Japan to an unaffiliated Japanese corporation. |
