Darden Restaurantsreason 03 of 4it can hold its price and keep the customerderived 2026-09-08accession 0000940944-26-000025
The portfolio spans value-oriented casual dining through premium fine dining, allowing Darden to capture consumer spending across economic cycles. When discretionary income contracts, traffic can shift internally toward lower-check brands rather than exiting the portfolio entirely, dampening revenue volatility relative to single-concept peers.
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the claims it rests on
“The company operates brands spanning average checks from approximately $19.50 (Cheddar's Scratch Kitchen) to approximately $126.00 (Eddie V's)”
“Olive Garden dinner entrées range $12.50–$24.00; Ruth's Chris dinner entrées range $40.00–$92.00; Eddie V's dinner entrées range $42.00–$116.00”
“Alcoholic beverage mix ranges from 4.1 percent of sales at Olive Garden to 28.9 percent at Yard House”
“Fine Dining segment (Ruth's Chris, The Capital Grille, Eddie V's) is aggregated separately from casual brands based on 'sub-segment of full-service dining'”
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segmentation by full-service dining sub-segment
“We aggregate our operating segments into reportable segments based on a combination of the size, economic characteristics, and sub-segment of full-service dining within which each brand operates.”