Wednesday, September 28, 2011

Red Lobster parent Darden profit drops

(Reuters) - Darden Restaurants Inc <DRI.N> posted a 6 percent drop in quarterly earnings, partly hurt by the hurricane Irene, but reaffirmed its full-year earnings outlook.


The company said Irene hurt sales at established Red Lobster, Olive Garden and LongHorn Steakhouse restaurants and estimated the storm reduced quarterly earnings by about 2 cents per share.


Orlando, Florida-based Darden earned $106.8 million for the first quarter, or 78 cents from continuing operations.



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