Besides providing food service and groundskeeping for the 900, 000 square meters of lawn space at the headquarters of Electronic Data Systems (EDS) in Plano, Texas, Aramark also maintains a herd of buffalo and longhorn steers there--part of the landscape since Ross Perot founded the company in 1962.

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The parent to Red Lobster, Olive Garden and the LongHorn Steakhouse said overall same-restaurant sales rose 1.8%.

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Darden estimates U.S. same-restaurant sales for the second quarter will be approximately -0.8%, -2.7% and -3.2% for LongHorn Steakhouse, Red Lobster and Olive Garden, respectively.

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