Darden Restaurants (NYSE:DRI) reported quarterly earnings of $2.05 per share which missed the analyst consensus estimate of $2.06 by 0.49 percent. This is a 4.06 percent increase over earnings of $1.97 per share from the same period last year. The company reported quarterly sales of $3.200 billion which missed the analyst consensus estimate of $3.206 billion by 0.19 percent. This is a 6.52 percent increase over sales of $3.004 billion the same period last year.