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Darden Restaurants (DRI) Operating Expenses (2016 - 2026)

Darden Restaurants has reported Operating Expenses over the past 18 years, most recently at $2.9 billion for Q1 2026.

  • Quarterly results put Operating Expenses at $2.9 billion for Q1 2026, up 7.27% from a year ago — trailing twelve months through Feb 2026 was $11.3 billion (up 8.93% YoY), and the annual figure for FY2025 was $10.7 billion, up 6.34%.
  • Operating Expenses for Q1 2026 was $2.9 billion at Darden Restaurants, up from $2.8 billion in the prior quarter.
  • Over the last five years, Operating Expenses for DRI hit a ceiling of $2.9 billion in Q1 2026 and a floor of $2.1 billion in Q1 2022.
  • Median Operating Expenses over the past 5 years was $2.5 billion (2024), compared with a mean of $2.5 billion.
  • Biggest five-year swings in Operating Expenses: soared 35.53% in 2022 and later increased 0.41% in 2024.
  • Darden Restaurants' Operating Expenses stood at $2.3 billion in 2022, then increased by 8.68% to $2.4 billion in 2023, then grew by 6.09% to $2.6 billion in 2024, then rose by 7.07% to $2.8 billion in 2025, then rose by 5.65% to $2.9 billion in 2026.
  • The last three reported values for Operating Expenses were $2.9 billion (Q1 2026), $2.8 billion (Q4 2025), and $2.7 billion (Q3 2025) per Business Quant data.