We've got restaurant, consumer health, and a bull versus bear debate about the ultimate

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I'm Chris Hill, joined by Motley Fool, senior analyst Jason Moser.

Thanks for being here.

Hey, thanks for having me.

Darden restaurants wrapping up the fiscal year with some nice numbers.

Fourth quarter profits in revenue both came in higher than expected for the parent company

of Olive Garden.

I hasten to point out these were not particularly high expectations, but it does seem Jason

like they are in pretty good shape heading into this new fiscal year.

I say that in part because they're also raising their quarterly dividend, 10%.

They did.

Yeah, I noticed that.

I mean, 10% boost to the dividend from just a core rugo is.

That's encouraging, particularly for a restaurant company in this market.

I mean, inflation was one of the themes of the call, and it's certainly, Darden, is

not immune to the effects, but they've managed their way around it very, very well.

I mean, the stock is holding its own here in a bear market.

I mean, it's down with the market this year, but not much more, which I got a chocolate

up as a win.

But when you look at the numbers, I mean, total sales were up 14.2% to $2.6 billion.

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