McDonald's might be making record profits, but let's keep in mind when you go into the McDonald's on the corner that is a franchise.
That franchisee is paying money to McDonald's and what money he has left comes after he pays McDonald's and after he pays his employees.
In other news, McDonald 's (nyse: MCD - news - people ) appointed veteran executive Patrick Donahue as chairman and chief executive of Japan's McDonald's Holdings .
"Our focus on enhancing the McDonald's experience through affordable food choices, modernized restaurants and relevant marketing is giving customers even more reasons to visit McDonald's, " said JimSkinnerJim Skinner, McDonald's chief executive.
"It's hard to sit there and watch people eat McDonald's french fries and not go buy your own, " says Ted Lezotte, a McDonald's franchisee in northern Michigan who owns four restaurants.
This is a complete U-turn on previous McDonald's advertising, which has gone out of its way to emphasise how un-American the company is - and how British an activity "going for a McDonald's" has become.
McDonald's declined to comment on the Hudson study, but when the company in September said it would begin posting calorie information nationwide, Jan Fields, then-president of McDonald's USA, said the company hadn't noticed a change in behavior in the cities that already required posted calorie counts.
McDonald's was dead in the water several years ago, until it added exciting new menu items and made its coffee drinkable. (Why it and Burger King used to serve stuff that made dishwater seem haute cuisine, this food junkster never understood.) McDonald's stock has tripled in less than six years.
Beijing Enterprises, which is involved in everything from transportation infrastructure to the city's McDonald's franchise, is on most analysts' wish list, but its shares are already sky high.
Arby's, Chili's, Denny's, McDonald's, IHOP and Burger King are within a five-minute drive.
CSFB's Meyer expects Wendy's and McDonald's to further expand their menu options to maximize the revenue-generating capacity of each franchise.
Lesser worked on a 2006 study that showed 42 percent of 234 U.S. hospitals sold fast food such as Wendy's, McDonald's and Pizza Hut.
Incidentally, Wendy's rival McDonald's had pledged four years ago that it would switch to a type of oil that cut the level of trans fats in its fries by half.
The stadium, velodrome and Copper Box venues are still on the park and getting ready for new uses, but the hockey and basketball arenas plus the world's biggest McDonald's are gone.
The real reason for the ban is that a group of haughty, loud-mouthed critics claimed the egg sandwiches debased the Starbucks image, making the brand appear common, like Wendy's, McDonald's, Burger King or Dunkin' Donuts.
Incidentally, Wendy's rival McDonald's (nyse: MCD - news - people ) had pledged four years ago that it would switch to a type of oil that cut the level of trans fats in its fries by half.
If that lasts, the social-networking company would be worth nothing before the end of June, and Chief Executive Mark Zuckerberg's trips to McDonald's will seem less chic and more necessary.
In recent years, there have been lawsuits in the U.S. against McDonald's (nyse: MCD - news - people ), which have been candy for late-night comedians, but which have gotten nowhere in court.
In her home country, there's new deals with McDonald's, Volkswagen and hair care giant Schwarzkopf.
's golden arches and the account's background picture to McDonald's new Fish McBites.
That was evident as he wriggled free to lash a decent shot just past Howard's post, though McDonald's side would have been relieved to get to the interval with their 1-0 lead intact.
There's a classic neon McDonald's sign, a scale model of an old Texaco service station where kids can play at fixing a car and a mock-up of an early Holiday Inn, complete with cheesy laminated coffee tables.
After 44 years as one of America's great growth companies, McDonald's is finally arriving at U.S. market saturation.
With Cantalupo's passion for data, McDonald's will never make that mistake again.
"Anti-Imperialist Street" long ago got back its name--and became the site of one of the world's biggest and most lucrative McDonald's restaurants.
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The fourth point in the Unger Report eight-point plan, at Wendy's, Taco Bell, McDonald's, where ever you consume your transfats, walk through the drive-thru.
That's one reason that even McDonald's outlets get into trouble.
The uptick is especially notable when compared to the world's biggest hamburger maker, McDonald's (nyse: MCD - news - people ), whose same-store sales are flat, according to Morgan Stanley analyst Michael Sherrick.
From here, it's a short technology leap from McDonald's kitchens and supermarkets in to your home.
Riverfront Investment Group's Sandler gave the nod to McDonald's in 2010 and with that comes back for the third year.
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