ORLANDO, Fla., July 9 --Darden Restaurants, Inc. (NYSE: DRI - News) will be presenting at CIBC World Markets Consumer Growth Conference to be held in Boston, MA on Wednesday, July 10, 2002 at 8:50 a.m. Eastern Time. A live audio webcast of the presentation will be available over the Internet at http://events01.activate.net/cibc/consumerlinks/darden.htm. A replay of the webcast will be available for a period 90 days. The archived webcast will also be available on the home page of the company's website (www.darden.com) through July 17, 2002.
As the largest casual dining restaurant company in the world, Darden Restaurants, Inc., owns and operates over 1,200 Olive Garden, Red Lobster, Bahama Breeze and Smokey Bones BBQ Sports Bar restaurants with annual sales of $4.4 billion. Darden is headquartered in Orlando, FL.