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McDonald's to kick off Dollar Menu this week, priming it for massive growth in 2018
CNBC ^ | January 2, 2018 | Sarah Whitten

Posted on 01/02/2018 4:42:23 PM PST by ConservativeStatement

McDonald's looks pretty golden-headed into 2018.

The combination of McDonald's planned rollout of fresh, never-frozen beef, its recent relaunch of its Dollar Menu and woes at other restaurant chains could help the restaurant boost its same-store sales and grab more market share in the industry.

The burger giant's stock ended 2017 up more than 41 percent, the largest stock move in the restaurant industry during the year, and more than one analyst is calling for more gains in the new year.

(Excerpt) Read more at cnbc.com ...


TOPICS: Business/Economy
KEYWORDS: economy; fastfood; food; mcdonalds
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To: NewHampshireDuo

I can eat a regular McD hamburger with one bite. My son used to get a kick out of watching me do that.


61 posted on 01/02/2018 5:25:53 PM PST by central_va (I won't be reconstructed and I do not give a damn.)
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To: NewHampshireDuo

I still like to get the simple two cheeseburger meal deal at times.

Two of them with fries and a drink, suits me fine.

Their shakes are good, but I wouldn’t call them superlative.

They’re nothing to trash either though > IMO.

I like them.


62 posted on 01/02/2018 5:28:07 PM PST by DoughtyOne (McConnell, Ryan, and the whole GOPe are dead to me. Are Alabamans tired of winning?)
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To: DoughtyOne

Memories.

My kids were all born in the 60s-———McDonalds was a cheap treat.

50 cents for a small hamburger,small fries,and small drink

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63 posted on 01/02/2018 5:29:43 PM PST by Mears
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To: SharpRightTurn

Should they put *beef* in quote marks?


64 posted on 01/02/2018 5:30:01 PM PST by GnuThere
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To: GoldenState_Rose

“Those sundaes (who knows what’s in them)”:

INGREDIENTS

VANILLA REDUCED FAT ICE CREAM (Milk, Liquid Sucrose (Sugar, Water), Cream, Nonfat Milk Solids, Corn Syrup Solids, Mono- and Diglycerides, Guar Gum, Dextrose, Sodium Citrate, Artificial Vanilla Flavor, Sodium Phosphate, Carrageenan, Disodium Phosphate, Cellulose Gum, Vitamin A Palmitate.), HOT FUDGE TOPPING (Sugar, Water, Sweetened Condensed Skim Milk (Milk, Sugar),Hydrogenated Palm Kernel Oil, Nonfat Milk, Cocoa (Processed with Alkali), Corn Syrup, Salt, Disodium Phosphate, Potassium Sorbate (Preservative), Artificial Flavor, Soy Lecithin, Polyglycerol Esters of Fatty Acids.)

(three forms of sugar: Liquid Sucrose, Dextrose & Corn Syrup Solids. in other words, sundaes are mostly sugar, Hydrogenated Palm Kernel Oil and artificial flavors.)

Nutrition

Serving Size: 6.3 oz (179 g)
Amount per Serving My Daily Value
Calories 330Kcal 19%
Calories from Fat 80Kcal 12%
Total Fat 9g 14%
Saturated Fat 7g 41%
Trans Fat 0g 0%
Cholesterol 25mg 8%
Sodium 170mg 7%
Total Carbohydrate 53g 23%
Dietary Fiber 1g 4%
Added Sugars 36g 150%
Sugars 48g 112%
Protein 8g 17%
Vitamin A 400IU 8%
Vitamin C 0mg 0%
Calcium 250mg 25%
Iron 1.44mg 8%

https://www.fooducate.com/app#!page=product&id=2C84A5AA-E6D0-11E1-83D2-1231381BA074


65 posted on 01/02/2018 5:31:07 PM PST by catnipman ( Cat Nipman: Vote Republican in 2012 and only be called racist one more time!)
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To: dfwgator
McDonald’s is your kind of place
They feed you rattlesnakes

French fries between your toes
Hamburgers up your nose

The last time I went in there
They fried my underwear

McDonald’s is your kind of place

I remember that parody from when I was a girl. Thanks for posting it, brought a smile to my face.

66 posted on 01/02/2018 5:32:28 PM PST by jeannineinsd
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To: Mears

You’re a little ahead of me in the game, but I know what you mean. It was one of those simple pleasures that made them so happy. Great memories...


67 posted on 01/02/2018 5:35:09 PM PST by DoughtyOne (McConnell, Ryan, and the whole GOPe are dead to me. Are Alabamans tired of winning?)
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To: GoldenState_Rose

In 1999 I was in Egypt and went to the McD’s in Sharm el Sheikh. The place was spotless and they had flowers on the tables. They brought the food to you after taking the order.
They gave me a comment card and when I finished my meal, I took it to the manager.
All of the employees seemed worried about my comment card. They were trying to see what I had written by looking over his shoulder until the manager translated that I thought it was the cleanest, freshest McDonalds I had ever been in. They all smiled and thanked me for my visit. I wish this level of service was still an American experience.


68 posted on 01/02/2018 5:35:15 PM PST by outofsalt ( If history teaches us anything it's that history rarely teaches us anything)
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To: ConservativeStatement
Despite what everyone thinks about McDonald's, a reason for their success are:

1. You can find McDonald's at many rural major freeway intersections. For example, on the lonely stretch of Interstate 5 in California from Stockton south to the Wheeler Ridge merge with California 99, I know of multiple McDonald's you can easily access right off I-5. The company makes a lot of money from these highway locations.

2. Their Japanese division has done a huge turnaround and become immensely profitable again.

3. McDonald's is now a massive force in the restaurant industry in just about all of Europe.

69 posted on 01/02/2018 5:36:18 PM PST by RayChuang88 (FairTax: America's Economic Cure)
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To: outofsalt

Great story-—nice to hear.

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70 posted on 01/02/2018 5:38:07 PM PST by Mears
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To: dfwgator; GoldenState_Rose

Give me a Big Kahuna burger any day. That is a tasty burger!


71 posted on 01/02/2018 5:38:49 PM PST by Larry Lucido (Take Covfefe Ree Zig!)
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To: ObozoMustGo2012

They purvey a damned fine cup of coffee at that.

Their food sucks but the coffee is good.


72 posted on 01/02/2018 5:41:34 PM PST by Ouderkirk (Life is about ass, you're either covering, hauling, laughing, kicking, kissing, or behaving like one)
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To: Clint N. Suhks
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73 posted on 01/02/2018 5:42:41 PM PST by outofsalt ( If history teaches us anything it's that history rarely teaches us anything)
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To: catnipman

Thank you catnipman!

obviously not organic and some rather unpronounceable things...haha, but I won’t be giving up on my sundae fixes. :)


74 posted on 01/02/2018 5:45:26 PM PST by GoldenState_Rose
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To: bigbob

I rarely go to McD. I like the food at other places much better.

And am willing to pay more for better quality elsewhere.

But I appreciate what a fine well run business they have been over the years.


75 posted on 01/02/2018 5:46:02 PM PST by Dilbert San Diego
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To: Professional

Sawdust with some (odd) meat like by-products. Makes you wonder why vegans & vegetarians don’t flock to McD. It’s not like any real animal protein is being served.


76 posted on 01/02/2018 5:46:02 PM PST by semantic
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To: DoughtyOne

It’s where the wife and I go when we go out.


77 posted on 01/02/2018 5:50:45 PM PST by yuleeyahoo (Those are my principles, and if you do not like them...well I have others. - Groucho Marx)
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To: ObozoMustGo2012

Their coffee is really good ... those McGriddles sammiches are like crack too .... (not that I know what crack is like ...)


78 posted on 01/02/2018 5:52:16 PM PST by usconservative (When The Ballot Box No Longer Counts, The Ammunition Box Does. (What's In Your Ammo Box?))
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To: bigbob
Stand by for the FReeperfoodsnobs

You were 7 posts too late.

79 posted on 01/02/2018 5:53:40 PM PST by ASA Vet (Make American Intelligence Great Again.)
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To: ObozoMustGo2012
Their hamburgers keep shrinking every year! Before you know it McDonalds will selling them as tiny hors d’oeuvre!
80 posted on 01/02/2018 5:54:06 PM PST by RoseofTexas
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