Darden Restaurants Incorporated. The Group's principal activity is to own and operate restaurants. The restaurants are operated under the trademarks: Darden Restaurants (R), Red Lobster (R), Olive Garden (R), Bahama Breeze (R) and Smokey Bones (R) BBQ Sports Bar. At 26-May-2002, the Group operated 1,211 restaurants in the United States and Canada. In the United States, it operated 1,174 restaurants in 49 states including 636 Red Lobster(R), 490 Olive Garden(R), 29 Bahama Breeze(R) and 19 Smokey Bones(R) BBQ Sports Bar restaurants. In Canada, it operated 37 restaurants including 31 Red Lobster and 6 Olive Garden restaurants. In Japan, the Group also licensed 33 Red Lobster restaurants. The Group acquired three don pablo's restaurant & one hops restaurant in fiscal 2003.