Darden Restaurants CEO: 'We're Not Assuming The Industry's Going To Get Much Better'

When Darden Restaurants -- the company behind Olive Garden, Bahama Breeze, LongHorn Steakhouse and more -- reported first quarter earnings results Tuesday morning, the results were better than expected: earnings per share beat the Wall Street estimate by six cents, an increase in same-store sales proved a welcoming outlier among its food industry peers, and the company raised its full-year earnings outlook. And yet, shares of Darden failed to maintain their early-morning 4% pop during Tuesday tr...