Why McDonald's is still a powerhouse, despite troubles

Why McDonald's is still a powerhouse, despite troubles

simply because they know how to deal with inflation or deflation (!)

Love their cheeseburgers. Thank god it's part of their 100 yen menu. (Well, 120 yen menu but that's cheap enough.)

Once teeth and plastic stop showing up in their food it'll be all good.

Gave up Mcdonald’s years ago - can’t say I miss it at all.

Like Monsato, they the food department of the NWO.

I think what will save McDonald's will be a drastic simplification of its menu--which may allow for better quality food and lower retail costs on the Big Mac and Quarter Pounder. After all, In-N-Out in the western USA has done very well by doing a simple menu but maximizing quality based on that limited menu.

Stopped by the Mac inside Hamburg airport last week to see whats different with Japan. Menu only on wall, much more colorful. Next to the shop was a machine for push-button order, so you don't need to wait as long, your order will be called by number, but payment only with credit card. No surprise: the McCafe next to it had no business, one of the totally bored looking staff was drinking a coffee, the other was having a shake. Right behind the counter in full view. Unimaginable in Japan!

I like a big mac but why are they always lukewarm?

Their sakuranbo shake is nowhere near as good as the American cherry shake they had briefly a couple of years ago.

Here in Northern Virginia, the franchisee has been giving his/her stores a makeover. Instead of a set menu board, large-screen monitors show the menu along with pictures of whatever is highlighted at that moment. The stores have been refurbished inside and out with dual drive-thru lanes outside and new seating inside. Nationally, the menu has been chopped basically in half, with a lot of the fringe items removed or moved to the "Dollar menu (and more!)" menu. The "and more!" is because there's hardly anything that is still only a dollar at McDonalds.

Breakfast has been McDonalds' strong suit ever since they started offering it. Other chains are starting to encroach on that strong point, however. Even Taco Bell is now serving breakfast.

I don't know, I think mickie D's is going to find it tougher going, people are just tired of it & with the recent problems MORE reasons to stay away.

And I think the article is a bit off base pointing out none of McD's competitors threaten its dominance, the problem is that combined the competition is starting to make life for Mcd's tougher & that's unlikely to change

If they serve real food instead of the processed product that they want to sell then they will start to recover...........