Olive Garden Parent Company, Darden Restaurants, announced that it is buying Ruth's Hospitality Group or Ruth's Chris Steakhouse for $715 million. This will join its stable of steakhouses and fine dining brands like Longhorn and Eddy V's. According to the prospectus, you get Listerine, the number one mouthwash, and according to the S1, the leader in mouthwash research,. You're also getting Nicorett, the numberOne smoking cessation brand in Zirktec, the numberone allergy brand.
Investing’s biggest weekend is almost here.
(00:21) Ricky Mulvey and Asit Sharma discuss: - Johnson & Johnson’s spin-off of its consumer health company, Kenvue. - If Darden Restaurants is getting a good deal on its acquisition of Ruth’s Hospitality Group. - Yum! Brands quarter, and what it says about the global economy.
(12:42) Deidre Woollard and Matt Frankel look ahead to Berkshire Hathaway’s annual meeting, taking place this weekend. Companies discussed: JNJ, KVUE, PG, RUTH, DRI, YUM, BRK.A, BRK.B, RDFN, OXY, CVX, AAPL
Host: Ricky Mulvey Guests: Asit Sharma, Deidre Woollard, Matt Frankel Engineer: Dan Boyd
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