McDonald's franchisees say all-day breakfast is a nightmare http://finance.yahoo.com/news/mcdonalds-franchisees-day-breakfast-nightmare-144346765.html
I read that....just give it time....its just been introduced, once they get the hang of it it will be no problem to cook pancakes and an egg mcmuffin with a big mack and fillet o fish....
Strong rumor is that MCD has already decided to sell its real estates. Guess breakfast was not that helpful.
McDonald's franchisees say the brand is in a 'deep depression' and 'facing its final days': https://finance.yahoo.com/news/mcdonalds-franchisees-brand-deep-depression-160253843.html A bit of a headline there and the "journalist" seems to get off on these food retail stories - so take it for what it is.
It was also one of the news that I get free from IB that now MCD is seriously evaluating selling its real estates. Let me see if I can find it or ont. I believe it was the same day that I posted since I got that rumor from another source.
UPDATE 1-McDonald's close to decision on structure of U.S. real estate-WSJ (Adds McDonald's comments, details) Oct 15 (Reuters) - McDonald's Corp <MCD.N> is close to deciding what, if anything, to do with its massive U.S. real estate holdings, the Wall Street Journal reported on Thursday. McDonald's has not made a decision yet, but "we have had a lot of review and a lot of debate," the company's board member Miles White told the WSJ in an interview. (http://on.wsj.com/1Ln1zgz) A McDonald's spokeswoman person said the company's senior leaders will discuss more on the business strategy at its investors meeting in November. McDonald's sales have slumped in recent times and that made some investors and analysts recommend the company spin off its U.S. holdings, likely as a real-estate investment trust, saying the move would benefit shareholders, the WSJ said. The company's directors and executives have evaluated "the long-term role of real estate" in sustaining McDonald's performance and its context in a global business model, White told the Journal. McDonald's get a significant part of revenue from its real estate, with rent payments from franchisees rising 26 percent to over the past five years to $6.1 billion in 2014, the WSJ said. That was a fifth of total revenue of $27.4 billion in a year when overall sales and profit fell, the newspaper reported. (Reporting by Subrat Patnaik and Rosmi Shaji in Bengaluru; Editing by Savio D'Souza) ((subrat.patnaik@thomsonreuters.com; within U.S. +1 646 223 8780, outside U.S. +91 80 6749 8052; Reuters Messaging: subrat.patnaik.thomsonreuters.com@reuters.net)) Keywords: MCDONALDS STRUCTURE/ Related tickers: MC DONALD'S-CORP (MCD) All English Language News: All English Language News Other: Business Activities, Commodities International News Service (Reuters), Domestic Newspool (Reuters), Mergers and Acquisition / Changes of Ownership, N American Securities Domestic News Service (Reuters), N American Wealth Management News Service (Reuters), Real Estate Markets, Reuters Corporate Newspool (Reuters), Reuters Markets Newspool (Reuters), Reuters News (Attribution Code), Reuters Securities Newspool (Reuters), Securities International News Service (Reuters), Softs Specialist News Service (Reuters) Region Related: United States of America
This. New fast food chains are popping up everywhere. The trend is towards healthy cuisine. Not deep fried shit. Mcdonalds is global with a global brand. That's about it. Their food is shit and it's overpriced.
Price talks, personal opinions walk. Looks like a very strong uptrend to me with no sign of weakness, in fact expecting a multi month breakout.