Darden Restaurants to Present at the Wachovia 2007 Consumer Growth Conference

October 15, 2007

ORLANDO, Fla., Oct 15, 2007 /PRNewswire-FirstCall via COMTEX News Network/ -- Darden Restaurants, Inc. (NYSE: DRI) will be presenting at the Wachovia 2007 Consumer Growth Conference to be held in New York City, NY. There will be an on-line simulcast of the Company's presentation which begins at 1:30 pm (Eastern) on Wednesday, October 17, 2007, available at the Company's website, www.darden.com. An audio-only webcast of the Company's presentation will be also available over the Internet at http://www.wsw.com/webcast/wa46/dri. The archived webcast will also be available on the home page of the company's website (www.darden.com) through October 24, 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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