McDonald's suffers worst U.S. sales decline since 2020

[jerrymahoney]

The corporate brass at McDonald's has nothing to worry about because of any short -term downturn:

(As told to Meet the Press)
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Updated May 02, 2025 at 8:49 PM EDT

And Ms. Karoline Leavitt agrees so who's to question, huh?

[Cryingdick]

A lot of this is due to their prices. A large fries is like $4.29 now. You used to be able to get really good deals if you used the app, but those have vanished. They no longer represent value. Price wise in the USA they have become si mil,ar to what they are in Thailand. Expensive for what it is. You may have it once in awhile if on the road or something but usually there are better choices for less money.

 

Another thing people hate about McDonald's is the kiosks. You end up basically ordering it yourself and standing there waiting in line, a lot of times it comes out wrong or really late. I saw a lady get bad mouthed by an employee for not clearing her table. It's like you actually work there going in there these days. It also has a prison like atmosphere. Back in the day they had playgrounds and you brought the kids because it was actually fun. Now it is starvation portions of over priced, Frankenfood.

[impulse]

2 hours ago, BritManToo said:

Why would McDonald's care, as long as they get the rent and franchise fee?

 

Probably because they also sell the food to the franchisees.  And tightly control the operations as a condition of becoming a franchise.

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2 hours ago, KhunLA said:

Enlighten yourself.  Too easy to find, and I can't keep reading your ignorance.  It's embarrassing...

 

https://www.wallstreetsurvivor.com/mcdonalds-beyond-the-burger/

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You claim to have read the article your link connects to. Did you skip over this?

"Instead of making money by selling supplies to franchisees or demanding huge royalties…the McDonald’s Corporation became the landlord to its franchisees.They bought the properties and then leased them out – at large markups."

That's why I keep on asking this question: How do the franchisees manage to pay McDonald's? By renting parking spaces? In other words, where does the franchisees' income come from?

 

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2 hours ago, Yagoda said:

You support the Transgender agenda

More evidence free deflection from you. Obsessed much?

[tjintx]

3 hours ago, BritManToo said:

Easy 1/3 the price of a home.

So if you earned 10,000 a year, and a local house cost 30,000 ..... That's a living wage.

 

The average home costs about $1,500,000 in the San Fransisco area.    So.... McD's should pay a living wage of $500,000 to unskilled burger slingers?     And how much would said burger need to cost?

[KhunLA]

49 minutes ago, placeholder said:

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You claim to have read the article your link connects to. Did you skip over this?

"Instead of making money by selling supplies to franchisees or demanding huge royalties…the McDonald’s Corporation became the landlord to its franchisees.They bought the properties and then leased them out – at large markups."

That's why I keep on asking this question: How do the franchisees manage to pay McDonald's? By renting parking spaces? In other words, where does the franchisees' income come from?

 

That was a terrible attempt ... thanks for the chuckle

 

... and you're welcome

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28 minutes ago, KhunLA said:

That was a terrible attempt ... thanks for the chuckle

 

... and you're welcome

As per usual you fail to engage with the facts and instead offer facile characterizations. You've got nothing.

[BritManToo]

10 hours ago, tjintx said:

 

The average home costs about $1,500,000 in the San Fransisco area.    So.... McD's should pay a living wage of $500,000 to unskilled burger slingers?     And how much would said burger need to cost?

It's the property price that is wrong, not the wage.

Just across the bridge from SF, the countryside is empty, no lack of space, just government restrictions and taxes to keep the western worlds ponzi property scheme running, keeping the working class in debt servitude, and the banks rich.

 

Buy 50,000 Chinese modular homes, park them all near Muir woods, give them to the poor and homeless free.

SF house prices drop to $250,000 and everyone in the area can afford homes on normal wages again.

Elon or Jeff or Bill or Donny could do it with the spare change from their last share options.

Or the government could do it by not giving money to Ukraine, but like all the west foreigners first, citizens last

Obviously SF would not be able to charge their existing massive property taxes.

[Harrisfan]

16 hours ago, placeholder said:

McDonald's reported its worst quarterly sales for the United States since the height of the pandemic in 2020, the latest restaurant chain to be affected by America's turbulent economic environment.

The burger giant reported U.S. same-store sales fell 3.6%, the largest three-month drop since Q2 2020, when they plunged 8.7%. Forecasts had been for a decline of just 1.7%.

"Consumers today are grappling with uncertainty," McDonald's Chairman and CEO Chris Kempczinski said in a statement, as the chain cited lower guest counts.

"Consumers today are grappling with uncertainty," McDonald's Chairman and CEO Chris Kempczinski said in a statement, as the chain cited lower guest counts.

https://www.nbcnews.com/business/business-news/mcdonalds-us-sales-drop-pandemic-middle-income-consumers-pull-back-rcna204032

 

In completely unrelated news, RFK Jr pops open a bottle of champagne. Or would have if that stuff wasn't POISON!

Maybe customers realised its crap food