Darden's Earnings Hit by High Food and Labor Costs. Stock of Olive Garden's Parent Declines. — Barrons.com

By Mariapaula GonzalezShares of Darden Restaurants dropped after the company posted fiscal first-quarter earnings that fell from a year earlier because of higher food and labor costs.The company posted adjusted earnings of $2.05 a share on sales of $3.2 billion for the quarter, both in line with an…