---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000940944-22-000077"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "DRI"
cik: "0000940944"
company_name: "DARDEN RESTAURANTS INC"
filed_at: "2022-12-16T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-21T03:51:29.880097+00:00"
event_type: "earnings"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.6
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.6
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Darden Q2 sales up 9.4% to $2.49B; EPS $1.52; updates FY23 outlook $7.60-$8.00

## Summary
- Total sales $2.49B (+9.4%); blended same-restaurant sales +7.3%.
- Reported diluted EPS $1.52 (+2.7% vs. $1.48 prior year).
- Olive Garden segment profit $218.9M, down from $235.1M; LongHorn profit up.
- Quarterly dividend $1.21 per share, payable Feb 1, 2023; $100M share repurchase in Q2.
- FY23 guidance: sales $10.3-10.45B, EPS $7.60-$8.00, 55-60 new restaurants.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000940944-22-000077
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: DRI
- cik: 0000940944
- company_name: DARDEN RESTAURANTS INC
- filed_at: 2022-12-16T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: earnings
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.6
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.6
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 2.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/940944/000094094422000077/0000940944-22-000077-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/940944/000094094422000077/dri-20221216.htm

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## Key facts
- Earnings Releases
  DARDEN RESTAURANTS INC reported the second quarter ended November 27, 2022 results: revenue $2.49 billion, net income $1.52, EPS $1.52.
  - Period: the second quarter ended November 27, 2022
  - Revenue: $2.49 billion
  - Net income: $1.52
  - EPS: $1.52
  - Result: reported results
  source text: Darden Restaurants, Inc. (NYSE:DRI) today reported its financial results for the second quarter ended November 27, 2022. Second Quarter 2023 Financial Highlights • Total sales increased 9.4% to $2.49 billion driven by a blended same-restaurant sales increase of 7.3% and sales from 35 net new restaurants • Same-restaurant sales: Consolidated Darden 7.3% Olive Garden 7.6% LongHorn Steakhouse 7.3% Fine Dining 5.9% Other Business 7.1% • Reported diluted net earnings per share increased 2.7% to $1.52
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/940944/000094094422000077/0000940944-22-000077-index.htm

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