Darden Restaurants to Present at JP Morgan Gaming, Lodging & Restaurant Conference

March 20, 2008

ORLANDO, Fla., March 20, 2008 /PRNewswire-FirstCall via COMTEX News Network/ -- Darden Restaurants, Inc. (NYSE: DRI) will be presenting at JP Morgan Gaming, Lodging & Restaurant Conference to be held in Las Vegas, Nevada. There will be an on-line simulcast of the Company's presentation which begins at 3:15 pm (Pacific) on Wednesday, March 26, 2008, available at the Company's website, www.darden.com. An audio-only webcast of the Company's presentation will be available over the Internet at https://events.jpmorgan.com. Scroll halfway down to the section titled "CONFERENCE WEBCASTS (NO PASSWORD REQUIRED)" and select the first link "JP Morgan Gaming, Lodging & Restaurant Conference". The archived webcast will also be available on the home page of the company's website www.darden.com through April 2, 2008.

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Darden Restaurants, Inc., (NYSE: DRI) headquartered in Orlando, Fla., is the world's largest full-service restaurant company with almost $6.7 billion in annual sales and approximately 170,000 employees. The Company owns and operates nearly 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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