Darden Restaurants raises dividend 8%, authorizes $1.5B buyback

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Darden Restaurants raises dividend 8%, authorizes $1.5B buyback Darden Shares Fall as Olive Garden Weakness Clouds Earnings Beat Darden Posts Higher Sales but Warns of Slower Growth An Olive Garden restaurant in Milpitas, California, US, on Tuesday, Dec. 16, 2025. David Paul Morris | Bloomberg | Getty Images Darden Restaurants on Thursday reported mixed quarterly results as same-store sales growth at the company's fine-dining restaurants and Olive Garden fell short of expectations.