raw-material, freight, and fuel inflation increasingly compressing margins

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Darden intensified warnings about commodity, labor, health-care, and utility inflation while acknowledging that price-sensitive consumers may resist further menu increases, even as actual menu pricing rose across brands. Lamb Weston similarly tied weak European restaurant traffic to greater volume risk from pricing, contributing to international margin deterioration and excess inventory write-offs.

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