ORLANDO, Fla., Jan 9, 2003 /PRNewswire-FirstCall via COMTEX/ --
Darden Restaurants, Inc. (NYSE: DRI) will be presenting at S.G. COWEN "FIRST ANNUAL CONSUMER" CONFERENCE to be held in New York City on Tuesday, January 14, at 4:15 pm Eastern. An audio webcast of the presentation will be available over the Internet at http://www.twst.com/econf/mm/cowen2/dri.html . The webcast will be available through January 30, 2003. The archived webcast will also be available on the home page of the company's website (www.darden.com) through January 30, 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, +1-407-245-5550, or Media, Jim
DeSimone, +1-407-245-5192, both of Darden Restaurants, Inc.
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