These risks and uncertainties include food safety and food - borne illness concerns; litigation; unfavorable publicity; federal, state and local regulation
of our business including
health care reform, labor and
insurance costs; technology failures; failure to execute a business continuity plan following a disaster;
health concerns including virus outbreaks; the intensely competitive nature
of the restaurant industry; factors impacting our ability to drive sales growth; the impact
of indebtedness we incurred in the RARE acquisition; our plans to expand our newer brands like Bahama Breeze and Seasons 52; our ability to successfully integrate Eddie V's restaurant operations; a
lack of suitable new restaurant locations; higher - than - anticipated costs to open, close or remodel restaurants;
increased advertising and marketing costs; a failure to develop and recruit effective leaders; the price and availability
of key food products and utilities; shortages or interruptions in the delivery
of food and other products; volatility in the market value
of derivatives; general macroeconomic factors, including unemployment and interest rates; disruptions in the financial markets; risk
of doing business with franchisees and vendors in foreign markets; failure to protect our service marks or other intellectual property; a possible impairment in the carrying value
of our goodwill or other intangible assets; a failure
of our internal controls over financial reporting or changes in accounting standards; and other factors and uncertainties discussed from time to time in reports filed by Darden with the Securities and Exchange Commission.
The savings would come from a
lack of broad - based salary
increases, plus
health care givebacks such as an
increase in the share
of insurance premiums paid for by workers and retirees.
Rural, older Floridians encounter a multitude
of factors that put them at higher risk for developing Alzheimer's disease (AD) such as limited education, decreased
health literacy, low income,
increased heart disease,
lack of insurance, and limited access to
health care.