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Darden Incites Activists By Scrapping Spin And Selling Red Lobster For $2.1 Billion

While the Olive Garden famously stuffs its patrons with a never ending pasta bowl, its parent company, Darden Restaurants (DRI), is providing investors some never ending drama. Ever since announcing plans to spin off the declining Red Lobster, Darden has been besieged by not one, but two different activist investors. As we noted earlier, Barrington Capital is pushing… Read More »