Darden Restaurants to Present at the Wachovia Securities 2008 Consumer Growth Conference

October 13, 2008

ORLANDO, Fla., Oct 13, 2008 /PRNewswire-FirstCall via COMTEX News Network/ -- Darden Restaurants, Inc. (NYSE: DRI) will be presenting at the Wachovia Securities 2008 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 10:45 am (Eastern) on Tuesday, October 14, 2008, 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 (Due to length of URL, please cut and paste into browser.) http://www.wew.com/webcast/wa52/register.aspz?conf=wa52&page=index&url=htpp%3a //www.wsw.com/webcast/wa52 .

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The archived webcast will also be available on the home page of the company's website ( www.darden.com ) through October 21, 2008.

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 180,000 employees. The Company owns and operates over 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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