Analyze and compare Darden Restaurants to Chipotle Mexican Grill

recent annual reports for Darden and Chipotle are as follows $($in millions$)$:

Darden Chipotle

Cost of goods sold $($food$,$ beverage, and packaging$)$ $$2,072\mathrm{.}1$$$2,308\mathrm{.}6$

Inventories:

Beginning of year

$206\mathrm{.}926\mathrm{.}4$

End of year

$190\mathrm{.}8,32\mathrm{.}8$

a$.$ Compute the inventory turnover for both companies. Round your answers to one decimal place.

Inventory Turnover

Days' Sales in Inventory

c$.$ Which company is more efficient in managing inventory?

$$ appears to manage its food, beverage, and packaging inventories more efficiently.

d$.$ Based on the details provided in the question which of the following is correct?

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