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Gift Cards Media ✓ DARDEN . NEWS DETAILS View All News → Darden Restaurants Reports Fiscal 2022 Second Quarter Results ; Declares Quarterly Dividend ; And Updates Fiscal 2022 Outlook December 17 , 2021 ORLANDO , Fla . , Dec. 17 , 2021 / PRNewswire / -- Darden Restaurants , Inc. , ( NYSE : DRI ) today reported its financial results for the second quarter ended November 28 , 2021 . Second Quarter 2022 Financial Highlights • Total sales increased 37 % from last year to $ 2.27 billion driven by a blended same - restaurant sales increase of 34.4 % and the addition of 34 net new restaurants • Same - restaurant sales by segment : Consolidated Darden 34.4 % Olive Garden 29.3 % LongHorn Steakhouse 31.2 % Fine Dining 61.6 % Other Business 42.9 % • Diluted net earnings per share from continuing operations was $ 1.48 as compared to diluted net earnings per share from continuing operations of $ 0.74 last year