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[Food NEWS] @McDonalds sales decline in July, hurt by U.S., Asia : Business

U.S. and a food safety scare in China.

The world’s biggest hamburger chain said Friday the decline included a 3.2 percent drop in the U.S. and a 7.3 percent drop in the unit encompassing Asia, the Middle East and Africa.

The results reflect what is likely to be just the beginnings of the fallout from a Chinese food scandal late last month. A TV report at the time showed workers at a McDonald’s supplier, OSI Group, repacking expired meat. McDonald’s stopped using supplies from the plant in Shanghai, which left many of its restaurants unable to serve much of its menu, including Big Macs and Chicken McNuggets.

The company has since been working with other OSI plants to restore supplies to the affected restaurants. Still, sales are likely to continue suffering given the sensitivities around food safety in China. Yum Brands, which owns KFC and Pizza Hut, says it did not rely as heavily OSI and quickly cut all ties with the company. But it has nevertheless seen sales battered as well.

McDonald’s sales decline in July, hurt by U.S., Asia : Business.

NEW YORK, New York — Big Trouble in Little China is coming down the pipe as McDonald’s, the World’s Largest Fast Food Chain, tries to recover from a MAJOR food SCANDAL.

It would appear that in Shanghai, China McDonald’s workers were caught on tape repacking bad meat for the burger chain.

As if that wasn’t enough according to reports from Saint Louis Post-Dispatch U.S. sales have dramatically declined for Mickey D’s.

According McDonald’s Corporation CEO Don Thompson, “… company’s lower-income customers are struggling more financially, making them reluctant to eat out.  … the company is working on getting the basics right — such as improving service. …”

Editorial:

On a much more serious note this blogger reveals really in McDonald’s Corporation’s misfortune, and here’s why. Not since the days of Mr. Raymond Kroc has this company, this MAJOR FAST FOOD CHAIN, been, TRULY, about the business of its employees and more importantly its customers. Bottom line.

Ray Kroc would have never ever allowed or permitted this mess, this decline to have gone on! He would have nipped it in the bud PDQ (Pronto Double Quick). Period. Full stop.

Don Thompson can put in all the quick fixes that he likes, do all the PR and Damage Control that he likes but once the snowball starts rolling down the hill it is damn hard to stop, especially when it picks up steam and size. He wants to get back to basics, back to the beginning of things, THEN he need only look no further than Mr. Ray’s age-old motto, Q.S.C. (Quality. Service. Cleanliness.) “You give people a quality product with fast, friendly service in a clean comfortable environment they will come back every time and eat your food…” –So said Mr. Raymond A. Kroc

Peace.

–Rhett.