Darden revenue jumps as Ruth's Chris acquisition offsets shrinking same-store sales

A sign hangs on the front of an Olive Garden restaurant on June 22, 2023 in Chicago, Illinois.Darden Restaurants on Thursday reported mixed quarterly results as the Olive Garden owner's same-store sales shrank for the first time since the pandemic.Shares of the company fell more than 4% in premarket trading.Here's what the company reported compared with what Wall Street was expecting, based on a survey of analysts by LSEG, formerly known as Refinitiv:Earnings per share: $2.62 adjusted, meeting expectationsR ...