ORLANDO, Fla., Feb 20, 2003 /PRNewswire-FirstCall via COMTEX/ --
Darden Restaurants, Inc. (NYSE: DRI) will be presenting at the Bear Stearns 9th Annual Retail, Restaurants & Apparel Conference to be held in New York City on Tuesday, February 25, at 2:15 pm Eastern. An audio webcast of the presentation will be available over the Internet through the company's website (www.darden.com) through March 3, 2003.
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.
SOURCE Darden Restaurants, Inc.
Analysts, Matthew Stroud, +1-407-245-6458, or Media, Jim
DeSimone, +1-407-245-5192, both of Darden Restaurants, Inc.
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