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Over the past decade McDonald’s has done an admirable job adding new products and dayparts to its menu in a long run-up of its average unit volumes. Even after a tough 2014, the average McDonald’s is still going to take in about $2.5...
For the first half of 2014, it seemed like the only chain that performed well was Chipotle, and everybody else was just sort-of limping along, hoping for better weather or better employment or better anything...
Yum Brands executives are convinced that 2015 will be a better year for their all-important China business, which makes sense because not much could get worse than 2014. Or 2013, for that matter...