date:Jan 02, 2014
lso be linked to Darden's announcement last week that it plans to sell or spin off the Red Lobster chain into a separate company.
There are 705 Red Lobster restaurants in the U.S. and Canada, Jeffers said.
Shares of Darden, based in Orlando, closed up 0.02 percent on Friday to $54.33.
Darden calls itself the world's largest full-service restaurant company, with a portfolio that includes Olive Garden, LongHorn Steakhouse, The Capital Grille and other restaurants.
Darden owns and operates more