McDonald's store traffic falls unexpectedly as diners grow uneasy about economy

McDonald’s store postulation fell unexpectedly successful the archetypal 4th arsenic economical uncertainty weighed connected diners.

The burger giant’s same-store sales, oregon income astatine locations unfastened astatine slightest a year, fell 1% globally successful the January-March period. Without the interaction of the other leap twelvemonth time successful 2024, same-store income were flat, the institution said. Wall Street had been expecting an summation of astir 2%, according to analysts polled by FactSet.

The occupation was peculiarly acute successful the U.S., wherever same-store income slumped 3.6%.

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