Darden Restaurants, Inc. - SWOT Analysis

Datamonitor's Darden Restaurants, Inc. Company Profile is the essential source for top-level company data and information. The report examines the company's key business structure and operations, history and products, and provides summary analysis of its key revenue lines and strategy.

Darden Restaurants (Darden) is a publicly traded casual dining restaurant company. It owns and operates 1,700 restaurants in the US and Canada. The company's restaurants operate under five flagship brands: Red Lobster, Olive Garden, Bahama Breeze, LongHorn Steakhouse, The Capital Grille, and Seasons 52. The company also licensed 32 Red Lobster restaurants in Japan. The company primarily operates in the US and Canada. It is headquartered in Orlando, Florida and employs 157,000 people. The company recorded revenues of $5,567.1 million during the fiscal year ended May 2007, an increase of 4% over 2006. The operating profit of the company was $570.9 million during fiscal year 2007, an increase of 3.4% over 2006. The net profit was $201.4 million in fiscal year 2007, a decrease of 40.4% compared to 2006.

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