Darden Restaurants

Sector: Consumer Cyclical

Industry: Restaurants

Darden Restaurants Inc. is an American full-service restaurant company. The company was founded by William B. Darden in 1938. It is headquartered in Orlando, Florida. Darden Restaurants Inc. has more than 1,800 restaurants employing over 175,000 employees. It can lay claim to being the largest full-service restaurant firm in the world. The company operates two fine dining restaurant chains, Eddie V's and The Capital Grille. It also operates six casual dining restaurant chains: Olive Garden Italian Restaurant, LongHorn Steakhouse, Bahama Breeze, Seasons 52, Yard House and Cheddar's Scratch Kitchen. The company also oversees roughly 60 restaurants that are operated by independent third parties.