LobbyingDarden Restaurants lobbying by quarter
Darden Restaurants DRI's latest lobbying report covers Q2 2026, at $100K. The four quarters Q4 2025–Q3 2026 total $310K. Its first report covers Q4 2022; the issues it reports most are Taxation/Internal Revenue Code and Labor Issues/Antitrust/Workplace.
Darden RestaurantsDRI
- Latest quarter
- No record
- Q3 2026 · 0 reports
- Last 12 months
- $310K
- Last 4 quarters
- vs last quarter
- −100.0%
- Q3 2026 against the quarter before
- First report
- Q4 2022
- The first quarter a report named it
Lobbying by quarter
| Quarter | Amount | Reports |
|---|---|---|
| Q4 2022 | $110K | 2 |
| Q1 2023 | $110K | 2 |
| Q2 2023 | $110K | 2 |
| Q3 2023 | $110K | 2 |
| Q4 2023 | $110K | 2 |
| Q1 2024 | $100K | 2 |
| Q2 2024 | $80K | 1 |
| Q3 2024 | $80K | 1 |
| Q4 2024 | $90K | 1 |
| Q1 2025 | $90K | 1 |
| Q2 2025 | $150K | 2 |
| Q3 2025 | $160K | 2 |
| Q4 2025 | $110K | 2 |
| Q1 2026 | $100K | 2 |
| Q2 2026 | $100K | 2 |
| Q3 2026 | $0 | 0 |
By issue
- Taxation$765K · 21 reports
- Labor, antitrust and workplace$595K · 16 reports
An issue's amount splits each report's amount equally over the issues the report lists.
Who was lobbied
- HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES21 reports
- SENATE21 reports
- White House Office14 reports
- Treasury, Dept of9 reports
- Internal Revenue Service (IRS)5 reports
- Labor, Dept of (DOL)1 reports
Firms it paid
| Firm | ||
|---|---|---|
| Guidepoststrategies | $1.1M | 15 quarters |
| Penn Avenue Partners | $340K | 6 quarters |
| Miller & Chevalier, CHTD | $170K | 5 quarters |
Former officials lobbying for it
| Former position | ||
|---|---|---|
| KATE BEAULIEU | Legislative Aide, Senator David Vitter | Q2 2026 |
| MICHAEL DESMOND | Internal Revenue Service Chief Counsel | Q2 2026 |
| MARC J GERSON | Houe Ways and Means Committee Majority Tax Counsel | Q4 2025 |
| TIMOTHY FARRELL HANNEGAN | U.S. General Accounting Office | Q1 2024 |
Lobbying reports
| Filed by | ||
|---|---|---|
| 07/19for Q2 | Guidepoststrategies | $90K |
| 07/10for Q2 | Miller & Chevalier, CHTD | $10K |
| 04/20for Q1 | Guidepoststrategies | $90K |
| 04/20for Q1 | Miller & Chevalier, CHTD | $10K |
| 01/20for Q4 2025 | Guidepoststrategies | $90K |
| 01/20for Q4 2025 | Miller & Chevalier, CHTD | $20K |
| 25/10/20for Q3 2025 | Miller & Chevalier, CHTD | $70K |
| 25/10/20for Q3 2025 | Guidepoststrategies | $90K |
| 25/07/21for Q2 2025 | Miller & Chevalier, CHTD | $60K |
| 25/07/21for Q2 2025 | Guidepoststrategies | $90K |
| 25/05/02for Q2 2025 | Miller & Chevalier, CHTD | Under $5,000 |
| 25/04/21for Q1 2025 | Guidepoststrategies | $90K |
| 25/01/20for Q4 2024 | Guidepoststrategies | $90K |
| 24/10/21for Q3 2024 | Guidepoststrategies | $80K |
| 24/07/21for Q2 2024 | Guidepoststrategies | $80K |
| 24/04/22for Q1 2024 | Guidepoststrategies | $60K |
| 24/03/01for Q1 2024 | Penn Avenue Partners | $40K |
| 24/01/19for Q4 2023 | Guidepoststrategies | $50K |
| 24/01/18for Q3 2023 | Guidepoststrategies | $50K |
| 24/01/14for Q4 2023 | Penn Avenue Partners | $60K |