What are Darden Restaurants Inc's Business Segments?
The company operates as one reportable segment.
Red Lobster
Red Lobster is the largest casual dining, seafood-specialty restaurant operator
in the United States. It offers an extensive menu featuring fresh fish, shrimp,
crab, lobster, scallops and other seafood in a casual atmosphere. The menu includes
a variety of specialty seafood and non-seafood entrees, appetizers and desserts.
Olive Garden
Olive Garden is the market share leader among casual dining Italian restaurants
in the United States. Olive Garden's menu includes a variety of authentic Italian
foods featuring fresh ingredients and an expanded wine list that includes a
broad selection of wines imported from Italy. The menu includes antipasti (appetizers);
soups, salad and garlic breadsticks; baked pastas; sauteed specialties with
chicken, seafood and fresh vegetables; grilled meats; and a variety of desserts.
Olive Garden also uses coffee imported from Italy for its espresso and cappuccino.
Bahama Breeze
Bahama Breeze is a Caribbean-themed restaurant that offers guests a distinctive
island dining experience. The first Bahama Breeze opened in 1996 and met with
strong positive consumer response. We continued to test the concept by opening
a limited number of additional restaurants in each of the following years, and
began national expansion of the concept in 1998. The concept continues to be
well received by guests, although its financial performance has not met our
overall expectations. Bahama Breeze closed six restaurants and wrote down the
carrying value of four others during the fourth quarter of fiscal 2004, reducing
to 32 the total number of restaurants in operation.
Smokey Bones
Smokey Bones features barbequed pork, beef and chicken, as well as other grilled
favorites, all served in a lively yet comfortable mountain-lodge setting that
features televised sports. We opened the first Smokey Bones in September 1999,
and began national expansion of the concept in fiscal 2002. Smokey Bones has
been well received by consumers and continues to expand rapidly.
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