Darden Edges Higher; Olive Garden Pushes Fiscal 1Q Results
October 04, 2016 at 14:19 PM EDT
Olive Garden seems to be defying the recession hitting the restaurant industry. The Italian restaurant chain posted yet another quarter of same-store sales growth when its owner, Darden Restaurants ( DRI ) reported fiscal first quarter earnings earlier today that bested expectations and raised its outlook for the full 2017 fiscal year.