McDonald’s had a complicated worldwide situation to report last week on its earnings call with the sale of its Russian business and a large tax settlement paid in France. Notwithstanding, it beat earnings but missed on revenue by modest amounts. In the all-visible US market, same-store sales were up 3.7 percent – just short of…
Last week, the National Operators Association (NOA), the independent franchisee association for those in the McDonald’s system, polled its members in the wake of Corporate announced changes to franchisee contract renewals beginning next year. That polling echoed a similar vote by the National Black McDonalds Operators Association the prior week with 87% of NOA members…
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