---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000940944-23-000041"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "DRI"
cik: "0000940944"
company_name: "DARDEN RESTAURANTS INC"
filed_at: "2023-09-21T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-10T11:36:27.680264+00:00"
event_type: "earnings"
sentiment: "positive"
materiality_score: 0.8
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.8
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Darden Q1 adj. EPS $1.78 +14.1%, sales $2.7B +11.6%, reiterates FY outlook, new board chair

## Summary
- Total sales $2.7B, +11.6% YoY; blended same-restaurant sales +5.0%.
- Adjusted diluted EPS $1.78, +14.1% YoY; reported EPS $1.60 (includes $0.18 Ruth's Chris costs).
- Reiterated FY2024 adjusted EPS outlook $8.55-$8.85.
- Board declared quarterly dividend $1.31/share, payable Nov 1.
- Board elected Cynthia Jamison as Chair, succeeding Eugene Lee.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000940944-23-000041
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: DRI
- cik: 0000940944
- company_name: DARDEN RESTAURANTS INC
- filed_at: 2023-09-21T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: earnings
- sentiment: positive
- materiality_score: 0.8
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.8
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 2.02, 8.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/940944/000094094423000041/0000940944-23-000041-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/940944/000094094423000041/dri-20230920.htm

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