Darden Restaurants Inc. (NYSE: DRI) — the nation's largest restaurant company — plans to make its portfolio even bigger with the purchase of the parent company of Ruth's Chris Steak House, one of the largest fine-dining steakhouse restaurant companies in the U.S.
Orlando-based Darden joined with Orlando-based Ruth's Hospitality Group Inc. on May 3 to announce that the two entered a "definitive merger agreement" in which Darden will make a tender offer to acquire all outstanding shares of Ruth's…
