<SEC-DOCUMENT>0001225208-25-006083.txt : 20250620
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<ACCEPTANCE-DATETIME>20250620152900
ACCESSION NUMBER:		0001225208-25-006083
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	4
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		2
CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT:	20250617
FILED AS OF DATE:		20250620
DATE AS OF CHANGE:		20250620

REPORTING-OWNER:	

	OWNER DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			Connelly Susan M.
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0001782245
		ORGANIZATION NAME:           	

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		4
		SEC ACT:		1934 Act
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	001-13666
		FILM NUMBER:		251061116

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		1000 DARDEN CENTER DRIVE
		CITY:			ORLANDO
		STATE:			FL
		ZIP:			32837

ISSUER:		

	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			DARDEN RESTAURANTS INC
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0000940944
		STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:	RETAIL-EATING PLACES [5812]
		ORGANIZATION NAME:           	07 Trade & Services
		EIN:				593305930
		STATE OF INCORPORATION:			FL
		FISCAL YEAR END:			0531

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		1000 DARDEN CENTER DRIVE
		CITY:			ORLANDO
		STATE:			FL
		ZIP:			32837
		BUSINESS PHONE:		4072454000

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		1000 DARDEN CENTER DRIVE
		CITY:			ORLANDO
		STATE:			FL
		ZIP:			32837

	FORMER COMPANY:	
		FORMER CONFORMED NAME:	GENERAL MILLS RESTAURANTS INC
		DATE OF NAME CHANGE:	19950313
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    <periodOfReport>2025-06-17</periodOfReport>

    <issuer>
        <issuerCik>0000940944</issuerCik>
        <issuerName>DARDEN RESTAURANTS INC</issuerName>
        <issuerTradingSymbol>DRI</issuerTradingSymbol>
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        <reportingOwnerId>
            <rptOwnerCik>0001782245</rptOwnerCik>
            <rptOwnerName>Connelly Susan M.</rptOwnerName>
        </reportingOwnerId>
        <reportingOwnerAddress>
            <rptOwnerStreet1>1000 DARDEN CENTER DRIVE</rptOwnerStreet1>
            <rptOwnerStreet2></rptOwnerStreet2>
            <rptOwnerCity>ORLANDO</rptOwnerCity>
            <rptOwnerState>FL</rptOwnerState>
            <rptOwnerZipCode>32837</rptOwnerZipCode>
            <rptOwnerStateDescription></rptOwnerStateDescription>
        </reportingOwnerAddress>
        <reportingOwnerRelationship>
            <isOfficer>1</isOfficer>
            <officerTitle>SVP, Chief Comm &amp; PA Officer</officerTitle>
        </reportingOwnerRelationship>
    </reportingOwner>

    <aff10b5One>0</aff10b5One>

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        <nonDerivativeHolding>
            <securityTitle>
                <value>Common Stock</value>
            </securityTitle>
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                <sharesOwnedFollowingTransaction>
                    <value>4601.9980</value>
                    <footnoteId id="F1"/>
                </sharesOwnedFollowingTransaction>
            </postTransactionAmounts>
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                <directOrIndirectOwnership>
                    <value>D</value>
                </directOrIndirectOwnership>
            </ownershipNature>
        </nonDerivativeHolding>
    </nonDerivativeTable>

    <derivativeTable>
        <derivativeTransaction>
            <securityTitle>
                <value>Performance Restricted Stock Units (FY23)</value>
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            </conversionOrExercisePrice>
            <transactionDate>
                <value>2025-06-17</value>
            </transactionDate>
            <transactionCoding>
                <transactionFormType>4</transactionFormType>
                <transactionCode>A</transactionCode>
                <equitySwapInvolved>0</equitySwapInvolved>
            </transactionCoding>
            <transactionAmounts>
                <transactionShares>
                    <value>4286.0000</value>
                    <footnoteId id="F4"/>
                </transactionShares>
                <transactionPricePerShare>
                    <value>0.0000</value>
                </transactionPricePerShare>
                <transactionAcquiredDisposedCode>
                    <value>A</value>
                </transactionAcquiredDisposedCode>
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            <exerciseDate>
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            <expirationDate>
                <value>2026-07-27</value>
            </expirationDate>
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                    <value>Common Stock</value>
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                    <value>4286.0000</value>
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    <footnotes>
        <footnote id="F1">Includes shares acquired pursuant to the Darden Restaurants, Inc. Employee Stock Purchase Plan and dividend reinvestment feature of the Plan.</footnote>
        <footnote id="F2">On July 27, 2022, the Reporting Person was awarded 2,143 target performance restricted stock units (PSUs) subject to the achievement of performance criteria (relative total shareholder return as compared to a selected comparison group) from July 27, 2022 through May 25, 2025.</footnote>
        <footnote id="F3">Performance restricted stock units convert into common stock on a one-for-one basis.</footnote>
        <footnote id="F4">On June 17, 2025, the Compensation Committee of the Board of Directors determined the final results under the applicable performance criteria resulting in 4,286 PSUs being earned in accordance with the provisions of the applicable award agreement.</footnote>
        <footnote id="F5">This grant vests in two equal annual installments beginning on July 27, 2025.</footnote>
    </footnotes>

    <remarks>connellypoa.txt</remarks>

    <ownerSignature>
        <signatureName>A. Noni Holmes-Kidd, Attorney-in-fact for Connelly, Susan M.</signatureName>
        <signatureDate>2025-06-20</signatureDate>
    </ownerSignature>
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<SEQUENCE>2
<FILENAME>connellypoa.txt
<TEXT>
POWER OF ATTORNEY

Know all by these presents that the undersigned hereby constitutes and appoints
each of Matthew R. Broad, Ricardo Cardenas, A. Noni Holmes-Kidd and Christopher
L. Guzman, signing singly, the undersigned's true and lawful attorney-in-fact
to:

(1)        execute for and on behalf of the undersigned, in the undersigned's
capacity as a current or retired officer and/or director of Darden Restaurants,
Inc. (the "Company"), Forms 3, 4, and 5 in accordance with Section 16(a) of the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and the rules thereunder ("Section 16"), and
Form 144 pursuant to Rule 144 under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended
("Rule 144");

(2)        do and perform any and all acts for and on behalf of the undersigned
which may be necessary or desirable to complete and execute any such Form ID,
Form 3, 4, or 5, or Form 144, complete and execute any amendment or amendments
thereto, and file such form with the United States Securities and Exchange
Commission, the New York Stock Exchange and any other stock exchange or similar
authority; and

(3)        take any other action of any type whatsoever in connection with the
foregoing which, in the opinion of such attorney-in-fact, may be of benefit to,
in the best interest of, or legally required by, the undersigned, it being
understood that the documents executed by such attorney-in-fact on behalf of the
  undersigned pursuant to this Power of Attorney shall be in such form and shall
  contain such terms and conditions as such attorney-in-fact may approve in such
  attorney-in-fact's discretion.

The undersigned hereby grants to each such attorney-in-fact full power and
authority to do and perform any and every act and thing whatsoever requisite,
necessary, or proper to be done in the exercise of any of the rights and powers
herein granted, as fully to all intents and purposes as the undersigned might or
  could do if personally present, with full power of substitution or revocation,
  hereby ratifying and confirming all that such attorney-in-fact, or such
attorney-in-fact's substitute or substitutes, shall lawfully do or cause to be
done by virtue of this power of attorney and the rights and powers herein
granted.  The undersigned acknowledges that the foregoing attorneys-in-fact, in
serving in such capacity at the request of the undersigned, are not assuming,
nor is the Company assuming, any of the undersigned's responsibilities to comply
  with Section 16 and Rule 144.

This Power of Attorney shall remain in full force and effect until the
undersigned is no longer required to file Forms 3, 4, and 5 and Form 144 with
respect to the undersigned's holdings of and transactions in securities issued
by the Company, unless earlier revoked by the undersigned in a signed writing
delivered to the foregoing attorneys-in-fact.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has caused this Power of Attorney to be
executed as of the 17th day of June, 2025.

							/s/ Susan M. Connelly
							Signature
							Print name:  Susan M. Connelly


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