McDonald's monthly sales worst in more than 10 years

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McDonald’s Corp. served up a disappointing July, largely due to food-safety concerns in Asia as well as widespread problems in the United States, the world’s largest restaurant company said on Friday.

For the second time this week, McDonald’s said that this year’s sales forecast “is now at risk” to be reduced further.

Sales at longstanding McDonald’s restaurants around the globe fell 2.5 percent last month, the company said. Same-store sales, or sales at restaurants open at least 13 months, fell 3.2 percent in the United States and fell 7.3 percent in the Asia/Pacific, Middle East and Africa region, or what the company calls APMEA.

Analysts had anticipated a 1.1 percent decline overall, with a 2.6 percent drop in the United States and a 0.5 percent decline in APMEA, according to Consensus Metrix.
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[Liberal_in_LA]

1. only thing at mcd that is really cooked anymore is the fries.

Anyone remember when MCD and jack_in-the-box would actually fry the hamburger meat?

[Lochloosa]

2. If your ever in the South try Whataburger. Everything is fresh and cooked to order.

[Fred Sanders]

4. Remember when it actually was beef in the "hamburger meat"? And it came from a family farm?

[Kablooie]

7. They still fry hamburgers.

But they use a special grill kind of like a waffle iron that grills both sides at once.

[Liberal_in_LA]

20. really?

[Kablooie]

23. It's called a clamshell grill

You can see on in this video.

m.

[tammywammy]

25. Or a George Foreman. N/t

[Fred Sanders]

3. Because the vast majority of what they make makes you sick and obese?

More people choosing slightly more expensive, infinitely more healthy food.

The strategy is to drop prices even further....get out the super sized pink slime extruder gun!

[oberliner]

5. Overeating makes you sick and obese

You could eat all your meals at McDonald's and be perfectly healthy.

[Fred Sanders]

6. You could, but you won't, because billions of dollars of ads on burgers and fries targeted at

children and their child like parents, is scientifically and in real life, proven to drive them all to the taxpayers subsidized pink slime burger and deep fried spuds order line.

It is not just cows being herded.

When the propaganda fails, it all fails.

[PDittie]

12. I am dubious of this statement

considering the voluminous data which contradicts it.

[oberliner]

14. There is no such data

May I recommend this film:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fat_Head

[sense]

27. This film doesn't make your point

that overeating makes you fat. It makes the point that we've been mislead to believe that and mislead to believe that fat is the problem. Sugar and processed foods are the problem and McDonalds personifies that. Carbohydrates were restricted in the film, and that is what caused the weight loss.

Read Good Calories, Bad Calories by Gary Taubes for the science that's been hidden and denied so that large corporations of many types could profit. He's also put out a more user friendly version called Why We get Fat, if you don't want to wade through the science from the last 100 years or so.

Or here's a handy video:

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[PDittie]

32. And this statement is just false

And no, I am not going to go find it for you.

Too absolutist to argue with.

[Segami]

15. That sounds like a McLie!

"Supersize Me" in 7 mins: How too much of McDonald's will make you feel!

Watch the full length video of "SUPERSIZE ME"

Selected scenes from the documentary "Supersize Me" directed by Morgan Spurlock, focusing on what too much McD's does to your body and how it makes one feel. Watch the whole documentary for in-depth information! Save your health.

[oberliner]

16. Fat Head pretty much debunks everything in that film

I recommend you check it out:

During the film, Naughton goes on an all-fast-food diet, mainly eating food from McDonald's. For his daily dietary intake, he aims to keep his calories to around 2,000 and his carbohydrates to around 100 grams per day, but he does not restrict fat at all. He ends up eating about 100 grams of fat per day, of which about 50 grams are saturated. He also decides to walk six nights a week, instead of his usual three. After a month eating that way, he loses 12 pounds and his total cholesterol goes down. His HDL does go down, often thought to be undesirable.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fat_Head

[Segami]

17. Saying...

..." You could eat all your meals at McDonald's and be perfectly healthy..." is exactly what Corporate McDonalds wants the world to believe......


But yes,...McDonalds is definitely synonymous with healthy, nutritional eating........

[Jamaal510]

28. True,

"Overeating makes you sick and obese"

along with a lack of exercise. Moderation is key.

"You could eat all your meals at McDonald's and be perfectly healthy."

I'm not sure about having it every day for every meal, but I think that having McDonald's (or some other type of fast food) a few days a week is OK, provided that the person partakes in some type of physical activity on a consistent basis and doesn't overindulge.

[Laelth]

8. People are too poor to eat out.

I seriously doubt this change in sales has anything to do with the quality of the food.

-Laelth

[TBF]

18. That's part of it - in Asia the issue seems to be the chicken.

Folks visiting over there this summer report that you can't get Chicken Nuggets. Something about "supplier problems".

[sabrina 1]

26. There have also been boycotts against McDonalds because of the Israeli attacks on Gaza.

Not sure when they started, but they are mainly to push for an end to the blockade.

[TBF]

31. Good. If they are supporting Netanyahu they should be boycotted. nt

[Populist_Prole]

9. There's simply more and better choices out there

They had a good run when they were THE fast food place, but it aint so anymore.

[maced666]

10. Good! Maybe people are eating healthier.

[ChairmanAgnostic]

11. Maybe, because it tastes horrible?

[shanti]

13. Good

I hope they go out of business!

[Rex]

19. They make McHamburgers...not hamburgers.

Also, they don't have fried chicken tenders they have McNuggets...that sure taste like chicken. Almost.

Geez world, just get your Happy McMeal and make CEO Ronald feel better!

Mcthanks!

[JI7]

21. they really should offer breakfast all day

[pinboy3niner]

22. You want McHome Fries with that?

Actually, Potatoes McBrien might be a good idea...

[JI7]

24. they can just make smaller pieces of their fries

to eat with a fork and call it that. i bet they would make a lot of money from that.

just like taco bell did with the doritos taco shells .

[conservaphobe]

29. My body has a difficult time digesting that trash masquerading as food.

Out of all the fast food in my town, it always gives me digestive problems.

Their breakfast, not so much.

[jmowreader]

30. The "meal of the month" being Big Mac two months in a row had something to do with it

I think the real issue isn't the quality (or lack thereof - it's the biggest restaurant company in the WORLD, SOMEONE must like it!) of McDonald's food, but that people are getting bored with it.