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Darden Restaurants
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Jump to: navigation, search Darden Restaurants, Inc. | | Type | Public | Traded as | NYSE: DRI[1]
S&P 500 Component | Industry | Restaurant | Predecessor | Green Frog Restaurant (1938-1967)
Red Lobster Inns of America
(1968-70)
General Mills Restaurants
(1970-95) | Founded | First Restaurant (The Green Frog) opened in 1938 in Waycross, GA. | Founder | Bill Darden | Headquarters | 1000 Darden Center Drive
Orlando, Florida, U.S. 32837 | Number of locations | More than 1,500 - 2015 Annual Report | Area served | Worldwide | Key people | Eugene Lee (President & Chief Executive Officer)
Jeffrey Smith (Chairman) | Services | Foodservice | Revenue | US$ $7.999 billion
(FY May 2012)[1] | Operating income | US$ 638.0 million
(FY 2012)[2] | Net income | US$ 475.5 million[1] | Total assets | US$ 5.944 billion
(FY 2012)[2] | Total equity | US$ 1.842 billion
(FY 2012)[2] | Number of employees | 200,000[1] | Website | darden.com | Footnotes / references
[3][4] |
Darden Restaurants, Inc. is an American multi-brand restaurant operator headquartered in Orlando.[3] The firm owns several casual dining restaurant chains: Olive Garden, LongHorn Steakhouse, Bahama Breeze, Seasons 52, Eddie V's Prime Seafood, The Capital Grille and Yard House. Until July 28, 2014, Darden also owned Red Lobster. Darden has more than 1,500 restaurant locations and more than 150,000 employees, making it the world's largest full-service restaurant company.[1] As of 2012, Darden is the only Fortune 500 company with its corporate headquarters in Greater Orlando.[5]
Contents
[hide] * 1 History * 1.1 General Mills ownership * 1.2 Darden * 2 Red Lobster * 3 Units * 4 See also * 5 References * 6 External links
History[edit]

The company's former logo, used until 2009.
What would come to be known as Darden Restaurants began when William (Bill) Darden, age 19, opened his first restaurant, The Green Frog, in Waycross, Georgia, in 1938. He later founded the Red Lobster Inns of America and opened the first Red Lobster restaurant in Lakeland, Florida, in 1968.[6] Darden chose Lakeland because he wished to see how a seafood restaurant would fare in a non-coastal region, and Lakeland was the innermost city in Florida. The initial Red Lobster franchise was applauded by diners and critics alike. The store became successful and by 1970 had expanded to three locations in the state with two more under construction. While the locations were profitable, the company lacked the resources to expand further, so Darden sold the company to food giant General Mills that year.[7]
General Mills ownership[edit]
General Mills upgraded the chain to a more casual dining/family fare oriented format, opened a new company headquarters in Orlando and retained Darden as company manager. In 1975, when Darden was promoted to the position of Vice President at General Mills, Joseph (Joe) R. Lee, the company's first restaurant manager, was made President of Red Lobster. Under General Mills, Red Lobster grew into a chain of almost 400 locations by 1985. The company underwent several restructurings and transformed itself from an inexpensive fast-food seller into a chain of casual dining seafood restaurants by 1988.[7]
One of the company's first ventures into the diversification of its portfolio was the York Steak House chain of English-themed steak and chop restaurants in the 1970s. The franchised steak and potatoes restaurant was a cafeteria-style restaurant with salad bar and hot station. By the end of the 1980s, the chain had been mostly closed down, though some independent locations still exist.[8][9]
In 1982, Darden opened the first Olive Garden concept store in Orlando. The chain took off, and by 1989 General Mills had opened over 145 stores, making the chain the fastest-growing unit in the company's restaurant holdings. While Olive Garden did not meet critical success, it was popular, and its per-store sales soon grew to match those of Red Lobster. The company eventually became the largest chain of Italian-themed full-service restaurants in the U.S.[7]
In 1990, China Coast was launched as an attempt to create a (U.S.) national casual dining restaurant that featured American Chinese cuisine. While the chain eventually expanded to some 50 restaurants, its sales were lackluster and lost an estimated $20 million USD. By the end of 1995, the company was shuttered, and the remaining locations were either converted to Red Lobsters or Olive Gardens or closed altogether.[7][10]
Darden[edit]
In 1995, General Mills decided to spin off its restaurant chains to focus on consumer food products. The new company was named Darden Restaurants, after Red Lobster's founder. General Mills stockholders received one share of Darden for every common share of General Mills held. General Mills restaurants had $108 million net income in that year. At the end of 1995, Darden operated 1,250 restaurants in 49 states with 73 locations in Canada.[7]
Darden Restaurants was spun off from General Mills beginning on May 9, 1995, when it began trading on when-issue basis at $9.75 a share.[11] The company became a fully separate entity on May 31, 1995, when its shares went on sale on the NYSE. The shares opened at $10.75, 17% below expectations, but climbed to $11.125 by the close of trading.[12]
Darden executives planned to have two additional chains in place by 1998. In March 1996, Darden launched a test of Bahama Breeze Caribbean Grille concept featuring food and drinks found in the islands of the Caribbean Sea and a Caribbean theme, was created in 1996.[7]
Markets were over saturated with restaurants in 1997 forcing Darden to close 48 poor performing locations and lose $91 million due to the restructuring. Red Lobster and Olive Garden were given make overs in 1998. Darden also made a profit of $102 million that year.[7]
1999 saw Darden opening additional location after recovering from the 1996-1997 losses. The company then began testing a new concept entitled Smokey Bones BBQ Sports Bar that opened in late 1999 in Orlando. The restaurant is a sports bar concept featuring barbecue and related foodstuffs in an Appalachian mountain-lodge setting.[7]
In 2003, Seasons 52 was under development with the idea of "provide guests the opportunity to indulge while still eating well." Season 52 were only being opened in the Florida or Atlanta markets during its initial phase.[13]
Darden announced in January 2007 that the company was willing to expand by purchasing an existing 100 location chains even considering franchisors.[14] By May, Darden indicated that its Smokey Bones division would be sold and or shut down including the two Rocky River Grillhouse, the proposed replacement concept for Smokey Bones.[15] In August, Darden acquired rival Atlanta-based restaurant holder Rare Hospitality for $1.4 billion USD, gaining Rare's two chains, The Capital Grille and LongHorn Steakhouse. As part of the Rare acquisition, Darden set up its Specialty Restaurant Group to include Capital Grille, Bahama Breeze and Seasons 52.[16] In December, Darden announced that it would sell its Smokey Bones chain to Barbeque Integrated, Inc., an affiliate of Sun Capital Partners, Inc., for approximately $80 million. The sale was completed in January, 2008.[6][17]
In 2010, Seasons 52 started a new expansion phase opening up in 11 more states over the next three years.[13]
In January 2011, Darden announced co-locating their Olive Garden and Red Lobster brands in smaller markets to share kitchen but continue separate menus and eating areas.[18] As part of the February Darden analyst conference, an analyst indicated that the corporation may be targeting another restaurant chain for acquisition possibly one of BJ's, California Pizza Kitchen or Yard House.[19] In October 2011, Darden acquired 2 chains, Eddie V’s Prime Seafood and Wildfish Seafood Grille, for $59 million cash transaction and were placed within its Specialty Restaurant Group,[20] Also In October, Darden signed an area-development agreement with Americana Group of Kuwait to develop and operate at least 60 locations using the Red Lobster, Olive Garden and LongHorn Steakhouse concepts.[21]
In July 2012, Darden acquired the Yard House 39 location beer-centric chain for $585 million from TSG Consumer Partners. Yard House will be alongside the other upscale restaurants in Darden's Specialty Restaurant Group.[22] On December 23, 2013, Darden's stock rose 3 percent after activist investor Starboard Value, a hedge fund, took a stake in the company.[23]
Differences between Starboard and Darden management soon emerged over the hedge fund's proposal to split the company in two and spin off a third to handle their real estate portfolio, a move Starboard said would greatly boost shareholder value. Matters came to head when management announced a plan to spin off the underperforming Red Lobster early in 2014. Starboard led a large group of investors in asking management to delay the move and see if better options, such as its plans to revitalize the chain, were available.[24] When management instead decided to sell the chain to private equity firm Golden Gate Capital in May, Starboard and other investors sharply criticized the $2.1 billion "fire sale" price as a serious undervaluing of Red Lobster and its assets such as the underlying real estate. It also claimed management had refused shareholders' requests for a special meeting to discuss the deal.[25]
Chief Executive Officer Clarence Otis, Jr. announced he would be resigning at the end of the year, the same day the Red Lobster sale was complete.[26] Management said afterwards that it would work on a needed turnaround plan for Olive Garden, also struggling. However, after CNBC reported on a leaked document, supposedly offered to potential lenders and buyers earlier in the year, that described Red Lobster's financial position far more optimistically than management had in its contemporary public statements,[27] one of the investors, a union pension fund, filed suit alleging material misrepresentation.[28] Management claimed the document had been prepared by Golden Gate in consultation with Red Lobster's executives, who could have been expected to have that view of the chain's future.[27]
Starboard assembled its own slate of directors to challenge all the sitting board members in the company's upcoming shareholder elections. In support of their candidacy it released a 294-slide presentation in early September about how the company had gone wrong and how its directors would restore it to health. While it received considerable media attention for its detailed focus on Olive Garden, in particular the chain's "wasteful" practice of serving too many of its free unlimited breadsticks at once (to prevent food waste due to staleness: instead of one per customer plus an additional one per table; additional breadsticks are served fresh on demand) and not salting the water it boiled pasta in so as to secure a longer warranty on the pots, it also attacked management for spending lavishly on the chain's corporate headquarters while paying the general managers of individual restaurants less than its competitors did.[29][30] Management responded two days later that it was already implementing many of the suggested changes, and said the free breadsticks merely represented "Italian generosity."[31] Nevertheless, in October, shareholders replaced the entire board with Starboard's slate, in what an observer called an "epic fail" for management, since that rarely happens.[32]
Red Lobster[edit]
On December 19, 2013, Darden announced plans to sell or spin-off the Red Lobster brand, citing pressure from stock investors.[33] This was in direct response to the company spending US$100 million on a new digital platform. At the time, the project was already at least one year behind schedule and above budget. A large number of layoffs occurred in its marketing department, and the company's second in command also left.[34]
On May 12, 2014, Darden announced that as part of the spinoff of Red Lobster, it was converting the co-located Red Lobster and Olive Garden locations into standalone Olive Garden locations.[35]
On May 16, 2014, Darden announced it would be selling the Red Lobster seafood restaurant chain to Golden Gate Capital for US$2.1 billion.[36] Darden announced the completion of the sale of Red Lobster on July 28, 2014.[37]
Units[edit]
* LongHorn Steakhouse * Olive Garden * Darden’s Specialty Restaurant Group * Eddie V's Prime Seafood * Wildfish Seafood Grille * The Capital Grille * Bahama Breeze * Seasons 52,[20] fresh grill and wine bar with a seasonal menu with 475 calories or less dishes[38] * Yard House USA, Inc. - 62 locations[citation needed] * Darden Corporation * GMRI, Inc. * RARE Hospitality International, Inc. * RARE Hospitality Management, Inc.
See also[edit] * Bloomin Brands
References[edit]
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Accessed November 14, 2007. 8. Jump up ^ Sam Reading (2003-12-26). "York Steak House photo galley". Smugmug.com. Retrieved 2007-11-14. 9. Jump up ^ "Travel guide listing for York Steak House in Columbus, Ohio". Mytravelguide.com. Retrieved 2007-11-14. 10. Jump up ^ "Darden to close its China Coast Restaurants". The New York Times. 1995-10-23. Retrieved 2007-11-14. 11. Jump up ^ "General Mills dips as spinoff opens at low price". The New York Times. 1995-05-12. Retrieved 2007-11-14. 12. Jump up ^ "Darden Shares Begin Trading". The New York Times. 1995-05-31. Retrieved 2007-11-14. 13. ^ Jump up to: a b Loria, Keith. Breakout Brands: Seasons 52. 2013 NRN 50 special report. January 28, 2013. Nation's Restaurant News. Accessed June 24, 2013. 14. Jump up ^ Darden airs acquisition check list, and ‘franchisor’ could be on it. January 12, 2007. Nation's Restaurant News. Penton Restaurant Group. Accessed June 24, 2013. 15. Jump up ^ Darden to pull the plug on Smokey Bones. May 5, 2007. Nation's Restaurant News. Penton Restaurant Group. Accessed June 24, 2013. 16. Jump up ^ "Rare Hospitality sold to Orlando company for $1.4 billion". Atlanta Business Chronicle. 2007-08-13. Retrieved 2007-12-11. Darden Restaurants Inc., the owner of Red Lobster, Bahama Breeze and Olive Garden, has bought Rare Hospitality International Inc. for $38.15 a share, or $1.4 billion. 17. Jump up ^ "Darden Restaurants closes on sale of Smokey Bones chain". The Orlando Sentinel. 2008-01-04. Retrieved 2008-01-16. 18. Jump up ^ Pedicini, Sandra (24 January 2011). "Darden Restaurants tests combo Olive Garden/Red Lobster for smaller markets". Orlando Sentinel. Retrieved 4 March 2011. 19. Jump up ^ Jennings, Lisa (2 February 2011). "Analyst targets possible Darden acquisitions". Nation's Restaurant News. Retrieved 4 March 2011. 20. ^ Jump up to: a b Snel, Alan (October 12, 2011). "Darden buys two seafood brands". Nation's Restaurant News. Retrieved May 16, 2012. 21. Jump up ^ Ruggless, Ron (19 October 2011). "Darden aims for growth abroad". Nation's Restaurant News. Retrieved 4 March 2011. 22. Jump up ^ Hsu, Tiffany. Darden Restaurants to buy Yard House chain for $585 million. July 13, 2012. Los Angeles Times. Accessed June 24, 2013. 23. Jump up ^ "Stocks Edge Higher At Beginning Of Holiday Week". Weekly Times. Associated Press. 23 December 2013. Retrieved 23 December 2013. 24. Jump up ^ Mason, Everdeen (January 21, 2014). "Starboard Urges Darden to Delay Red Lobster Spinoff". The Wall Street Journal. Retrieved October 13, 2014. 25. Jump up ^ Egan, Matt (May 16, 2014). "Red Lobster being sold for $2.1 billion". CNN Money. Retrieved October 13, 2014. 26. Jump up ^ Ruggless, Ron. "Darden CEO, chairman stepping down". Nation's Restaurant News. Retrieved 5 November 2014. 27. ^ Jump up to: a b Jannarone, John (August 19, 2014). "Fishy financial disclosure at Darden's Red Lobster". CNBC. Retrieved October 13, 2014. 28. Jump up ^ Jannarone, John (September 22, 2014). "Darden shareholder sues board, citing CNBC.com report". CNBC. Retrieved October 13, 2014. 29. Jump up ^ Wiesenthal, Joe (September 13, 2014). "We've Just Witnessed The First True Masterpiece Of The Modern Hedge Fund Era". Business Insider. Retrieved October 13, 2014. 30. Jump up ^ Wiesenthal, Joe (September 13, 2014). "Hedge Fund Manager Publishes Dizzying 294-Slide Presentation Exposing How Olive Garden Wastes Money And Fails Customers". Business Insider. Retrieved October 13, 2014. 31. Jump up ^ Udland, Myles (September 15, 2014). "Olive Garden Issues A Response To A Devastating Presentation". Business Insider. Retrieved October 13, 2014. 32. Jump up ^ Patton, Leslie (October 10, 2014). "Starboard Wins All Seats on Darden's Board". Bloomberg News. Retrieved October 13, 2014. 33. Jump up ^ "Darden Looking to Spin off or Sell Red Lobster". Moneynews. Retrieved 23 December 2013. |first1= missing |last1= in Authors list (help) 34. Jump up ^ "Darden Restaurants reducing 85 corporate positions; COO Drew Madsen leaving". Retrieved 2013-12-28. |first1= missing |last1= in Authors list (help) 35. Jump up ^ http://www.fool.com/investing/general/2014/05/12/darden-restaurants-shedding-franken-chain-concept.aspx 36. Jump up ^ Rupp, Lindsey (16 May 2014). "Darden to Sell Red Lobster for $2.1 Billion". Bloomberg. Retrieved 2014-07-29. 37. Jump up ^ Choi, Candace (28 July 2014). "Orlando's Darden completes completes $2.1 billion sale of Red Lobster". News 13. Bright House Networks. Missing or empty |url= (help) 38. Jump up ^ Wilkinson, Emily. On a diet? New restaurant's menu features items 475 calories or less. May 22, 2013. Houston Business Journal. Accessed June 24, 2013.
External links[edit] * Official Website * Yard House * Eddie V’s Prime Seafood * Darden Restaurants SEC Filings [hide] * v * t * eDarden Restaurants, Inc. | | Holdings | * Olive Garden * LongHorn Steakhouse * The Capital Grille * Yard House * Bahama Breeze * Seasons 52 * Eddie V's Prime Seafood | | Divested | * Smokey Bones * York Steak House * Red Lobster | | Defunct | * China Coast | |
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Darden’s Global Supply Chain
11/11/2014
2 Comments The supply chain plays a critical role in the success of modern organizations today. In the competitive realm of restaurants the attention paid to management of the supply chain details can to a large degree the difference between customer raves and shuttered doors. Darden restaurants is well aware of this fact. It serves more than three hundred million meals annually in over 1,450 locations. By developing and managing multiple supply chains. The company successfully manages four distinctly different supply chains. Those are Central Distribution for Smallware, Independent Supply Chain, Darden Direct Distribution, and Seafood Warehousing Network. Jim Lawrence, Senior Vice President, Supply Management Purchasing, is responsible for managing the operation.

The supply chains strategies employed by Darden are supported by other critical components. According to Jim Lawrence, Each of the supply chains have needs to minimize cost while optimizing service. For example, their seafood primary facilities are located close to the port locations, so that they do not duplicate transportation cost. They purposely located those primary facilities in large port locations. Jim Lawrence said that “We ensure that we have service be supported at high level, because we know that the further away from our restaurant base that we are, our service becomes even more and more difficult to provide, so to have balance between service and cost.”

Large company such as Darden, it is not difficult to find suppliers interested in partnering; the challenge is in finding the best match for the long terms. Jim Lawrence said that “we work with all types of suppliers. We work with small mom and pop suppliers, all the way to multinational companies. But we always treat those suppliers with the same respect and care, and understanding of their needs, as we work, at the end of the day to support the needs of our restaurants and our guests. And so it’s about trying to find that balance between a supplier need and a customer need.”

Supply chains are also critically in vertically every sector, from grocery stores to hospitals, where supplies are delivered daily. In spite of Darden, not wanting to be in the distribution business, it has remained flexible and put the necessary pieces together, including building the distribution networks and management team required for efficient and reliable supply chain.

I cannot know from video that Darden has keiretsu network, but I think Darden should have keiretsu network. If Darden has it, Darden can reduce total costs. That will be great for their supply chain management. Darden care a risk about supplier quality failures, and tactics are careful supplier selection, training, certification, and monitoring. That is good point for Darden, and. Jim Lawrence said “But we always treat those suppliers with the same respect and care, and understanding of their needs, as we work, at the end of the day to support the needs of our restaurants and our guests. And so it’s about trying to find that balance between a supplier need and a customer need.” I am impressed their thought. As a result, now I know why Darden is successful in the supply chain management.
Reference

Heizer, Jay H., and Barry Render. Operations Management. 11., Global ed. Upper Saddle River, NJ [u.a.: Pearson, 2013. Print.

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