Darden Restaurants sales disappoint as Olive Garden, LongHorn Steakhouse miss expectations

In this articleThe Olive Garden logo is displayed on the front of an Olive Garden Italian restaurant in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada, on February 15, 2025.Darden Restaurants on Thursday reported weaker-than-expected sales as Olive Garden and LongHorn Steakhouse underperformed analysts' projections.Shares of the company fell nearly 1% in premarket trading.Here's what the company reported compared with what Wall Street was expecting, based on a survey of analysts by LSEG:Earnings per share: $2.80 adjusted vs.$2 ...