ORLANDO, Fla., Feb 19, 2004 /PRNewswire-FirstCall via COMTEX/ -- Darden Restaurants, Inc. (NYSE: DRI) will be presenting at the Bear Stearns 10th Annual Retail, Restaurants & Apparel Conference to be held in New York City, New York. There will be an on-line simulcast of the Company's presentation which begins at 1:30 pm (Eastern) on Thursday, February 26, 2004, available at the Company's website, www.darden.com. The webcast of the Company's presentation will also be available over the Internet at "http://customer.nvglb.com/BEAR002/022404a_cy/default.asp?entity=darden". The archived webcast will be available on the home page of the company's website (www.darden.com) through March 5, 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 $4.7 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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