ORLANDO, Fla., Oct 4, 2004 /PRNewswire-FirstCall via COMTEX/ -- Darden Restaurants, Inc. (NYSE: DRI) will be presenting at the RBC Capital Markets 2004 Consumer Conference to be held in Orlando, Florida. There will be an audio-only webcast of the Company's presentation which begins at 8:00 am (Eastern) on Wednesday, October 6, 2004, available on the Company's website, http://www.darden.com . The webcast of the Company's presentation will also be available over the Internet at http://www.wallstreetwebcasting.com/webcast/dr25/dri . The archived webcast will be available on the home page of the company's website (http://www.darden.com ) through October 29, 2004.

As the largest casual dining restaurant company in the world, Darden Restaurants, Inc. owns and operates over 1,300 Red Lobster, Olive Garden, Bahama Breeze, Smokey Bones, and Seasons 52 restaurants with annual sales of $5.0 billion. Darden is headquartered in Orlando, FL.

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Analysts, Matthew Stroud, +1-407-245-6458, or media, Jim
DeSimone, +1-407-245-5192, both of Darden Restaurants, Inc.
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