BuzzFeed - Darden Restaurants must be dying for 2014 to end. Keith Bedford / Reuters / Reuters As Olive Garden parent company Darden Restaurants prepares to face off against activist hedge fund Starboard Value at its annual shareholder meeting this Friday, here's a look back at some of the craziest, most drama-filled moments in the nearly year-long saga. Barington released a presentation on Olive Garden and Red Lobster in mid-December outlining why Darden should split into two different businesses, or spin off the two struggling chains, calling the new business "Darden Mature," and strive to keep upper management stable and improve its focus. The activist hedge fund currently leading the charge for change at Darden bought a 5.6% stake in the company a few days after Barington released its presentation, and added its name to the Darden improvement cause. It would end up having a lot of ideas of its own on how to turn Darden around. View Entire List âº
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