ORLANDO, Fla., Feb 10, 2005 /PRNewswire-FirstCall via COMTEX/ -- Darden Restaurants, Inc. (NYSE: DRI) will be presenting at the Wachovia Securities 2005 Consumer Growth Conference to be held in Key Biscayne, Florida. There will be an on-line simulcast of the Company's presentation, which begins at 12:45 p.m. (Eastern) on Thursday, February 17, 2005, available at the Company's website, http://www.darden.com . An audio-only webcast of the Company's presentation will be available over the Internet at http://www.wsw.com/webcast/wa26/dri . The archived webcast will also be available on the home page of the company's website ( http://www.darden.com ) through February 24, 2005.
As the largest casual dining restaurant company in the world, Darden Restaurants, Inc. owns and operates over 1,300 Olive Garden, Red Lobster, 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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