While the financial performance of Darden's mature brands has disappointed investors for years, the performance of the Company's higher growth brands is also starting to falter. For example, same store sales at Yard House fell to a paltry 0.1% for FY 2014, while same store sales growth at Long Horn Steakhouse and Capital Grille for FY2013 and FY2014 significantly lagged FY2011 and FY2012 results. The Company appears to have acknowledged its inability to generate meaningful results from its higher potential brands, issuing a meager 2% same store sales forecast for its Specialty Restaurant Group for FY2015. As a result, it is no surprise that Darden's total shareholder return over the past three and five-year periods has lagged its mature brand peers (Bloomin Brands, Brinker International and The Cheesecake Factory), its higher-growth peers (BJ's, Chuy's, Del Frisco's, Ignite and Texas Roadhouse) and the S&P 500 index by a substantial margin: