• Darden Restaurants average operating margin for 2023 was 11.34%, a 3.74% increase from 2022.
• Darden Restaurants average operating margin for 2022 was 11.78%, a 72.98% decline from 2021.
• Darden Restaurants average operating margin for 2021 was 6.81%, a 278.33% increase from 2020.

Operating margin can be defined as operating margin measurement of what proportion of a company's revenue is left over after paying for variable costs of production such as wages, raw materials, etc.