Darden Restaurants to Present at the Oppenheimer 2007 Restaurant Conference

October 29, 2007

ORLANDO, Fla., Oct 29, 2007 /PRNewswire-FirstCall via COMTEX News Network/ -- Darden Restaurants, Inc. (NYSE: DRI) will be presenting at Oppenheimer's Fifth Annual Restaurant Conference to be held in Las Vegas on Thursday, November 1, 2007, at 1:35 pm Pacific Time. There will be an on-line simulcast of Darden's presentation available on the Company's website, www.darden.com. An audio-only webcast of the Company's presentation will be available over the Internet at http://www.wsw.com/webcast/opp4/dri. The archived webcast will be available on the home page of the Company's website (www.darden.com) through November 9, 2007.

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Darden Restaurants, Inc., (NYSE: DRI) headquartered in Orlando, FL., is the world's largest casual dining company with almost $6.7 billion in annual sales and approximately 170,000 employees. The Company owns and operates more than 1,700 restaurants including Red Lobster, Olive Garden, LongHorn Steakhouse, The Capital Grille, Bahama Breeze and Seasons 52. For more information, please visit www.darden.com.

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