Darden Restaurants Provides Updated Media & Communications Contacts

ORLANDO, Fla., Oct. 12 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Darden Restaurants, Inc., the world's largest casual dining restaurant company and owner of Red Lobster, Olive Garden, Bahama Breeze, Smokey Bones Barbeque & Grill and Seasons 52 restaurants, today announced new media contacts for Darden, Bahama Breeze and Smokey Bones.

(Logo: http://www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20050203/FLTH026LOGO ) Below are the media contacts for Darden and each of its brands: Red Lobster Wendy Spirduso, 407-245-6546, cell 407-701-3215, [e-mail] Wilson, 407-245-6547, cell 407-701-3230, [e-mail] Garden Steve Coe, 407-245-4923, cell 407-492-6798, [e-mail] Frazier, 407-245-5161, cell 407-256-7316, [e-mail] Breeze Mike Bernstein, 407-245-5270, cell 407-353-4242, [e-mail] Bones Joe Chabus, 407-245-4563, cell 407-491-3206, [e-mail] 52 Deborah Robison, 407-245-6396, cell 407-256-6436, [e-mail] Restaurants Nathan DeVault, 407-245-4951, cell 407-341-1726,[e-mail]

Darden Restaurants, Inc. , headquartered in Orlando, Fla., owns and operates nearly 1,400 restaurants and leads the casual dining restaurant industry in sales and market share. The company employs 150,000 people, records annual sales of $5.3 billion and serves 300 million meals annually.
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