Darden Restaurants (NYSE:DRI) reported quarterly earnings of $2.95 per share which beat the analyst consensus estimate of $2.94 by 0.2 percent. This is a 5.36 percent increase over earnings of $2.80 per share from the same period last year. The company reported quarterly sales of $3.345 billion which beat the analyst consensus estimate of $3.333 billion by 0.36 percent. This is a 5.92 percent increase over sales of $3.158 billion the same period last year.