Darden Restaurants 401(k) and pension plans

Darden Restaurants, Inc., Orlando, FL. EIN 59-3305930. Annual reports 2009–2025. Also filed as Darden Restaurants, Inc.

Darden Restaurants, Inc. has one active retirement plan on file, the Darden Savings Plan, with 210,222 participants and $1.6 billion in assets in 2024. Principal has been its recordkeeper since 2020.

Active plans
1
Participants
210,222
Plan assets
$1.6 billion
401(k) recordkeeper
Principal
Plans on file
2
Industry
Hotels and restaurants

All 2 plans

Active plans first

Darden Savings Plan

401(k)Active

Active. The plan filed its annual report for the 2024 plan year.

Plan number
044Employer EIN 59-3305930
Participants (2024)
210,222
Net assets (2024)
$1.6 billion
Recordkeeper
PrincipalEarlier: Wells Fargo (2010–2019), Wachovia Bank (2009)
Plan administrator
Darden Restaurants, Inc.
1000 Darden Center Drive
Orlando, FL 32837
(407) 245-4000As filed for 2024
In effect since
June 1, 1973

Plans merged into this one: Cheddar'S 401(k) Plan (2017); Ruth'S Hospitality Group 401K Plan (2023); Chuy'S Opco, Inc. 401(k) Plan (2024); Yard House USA 401(k) Plan (2013).

Year by year, 2009 to 2024
Plan yearParticipantsNet assetsRecordkeeper
2024210,222$1.6 billionPrincipal
2023193,985$1.4 billionPrincipal
2022186,195$1.2 billionPrincipal
2021179,791$1.1 billionPrincipal
2020129,194$1.2 billionPrincipal
2019162,534$843 millionWells Fargo
2018163,627$965 millionWells Fargo
2017164,240$837 millionWells Fargo
2016147,405$744 millionWells Fargo
2015138,443$624 millionWells Fargo
2014136,782$608 millionWells Fargo
2013187,689$729 millionWells Fargo
2012183,040$709 millionWells Fargo
2011170,088$667 millionWells Fargo
2010165,265$642 millionWells Fargo
2009161,882$581 millionWachovia Bank

Retirement Income Plan for Darden Restaurants Inc.

Cash balance pension, frozenClosedUnion (multiemployer)

Closed. The plan filed its final annual report for 2025, which means its assets were paid out or moved and it no longer exists.

Plan number
094Employer EIN 59-3305930
Participants (2018)
6,804
Net assets (2018)
$249 million
Last listed administrator
Ceridian Employer Services2011–2014
Plan administrator
Darden Restaurants, Inc.
P.O. Box 695011
Orlando, FL 32869
(407) 245-4000As filed for 2025
In effect since
June 1, 1980
Year by year, 2009 to 2025
Plan yearParticipantsNet assetsRecordkeeper
20250$0not listed
20240$133not listed
20230$148,316not listed
20220$172,942not listed
20210$228,981not listed
20200$272,567not listed
20190$1.4 millionnot listed
20186,804$249 millionnot listed
20177,315$257 millionnot listed
20167,808$267 millionnot listed
201511,084$243 millionnot listed
201411,542$239 millionCeridian Employer Services
201316,429$242 millionCeridian Employer Services
201219,450$235 millionCeridian Employer Services
201119,977$215 millionCeridian Employer Services
201020,471$207 millionnot listed
200920,889$171 millionnot listed

If you had money in one of these plans

  1. Call Principal (principal.com), which runs the Darden Savings Plan. With your Social Security number and the plan name, it can tell you whether you still have a balance and, if not, where it went.
  2. Or call the plan administrator listed on the plan below ((407) 245-4000). That number was filed for 2024; ask for the benefits or retirement plan office.
  3. If your plan closed, unclaimed balances usually went to an IRA in your name, to the PBGC's missing participants program, or to state unclaimed property. Here is how to check each one.
  4. Still stuck? The Department of Labor's benefits advisers help for free: askebsa.dol.gov or 1-866-444-3272. Never pay anyone to find your own money.

What these numbers are

Sources: U.S. Department of Labor, Form 5500 datasets and PBGC trusteed plans. How we read them.

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