Darden Quarterly Results Offer Insights Into Casual-Dining Trends

Just as we should always pay attention to what McDonald’s is doing on the quick-service front, we should be equally vigilant about trends at the largest (and like McD’s, often most consistently successful) multi-concept casual-dining company, Darden Restaurants. The performance of the company’s eight brands, niched from mid-scale casual concepts such as Olive Garden, LongHorn,…