McDonald's Japan took a series of hits starting in 2014 that threatened to crack its golden arches: a supplier was selling expired chicken, a human tooth was found in french fries and a child was injured by a plastic shard in a sundae. Sales plummeted ...
McDonald's Japan is adding to its restaurant count in the second half of the year, underscoring a turnaround that has seen same-store sales climb for 21 straight months. McDonald's Holdings Co. Japan plans to open more restaurants than it will close in the second half, ...
McDonalds says it will start globally rolling back use of antibiotics in its chicken products from 2018 as part of efforts to curb microbial resistance to drugs and the rise of superbugs. The decision follows a similar move undertaken in the U.S. market in 2016. It ...
Adjusting to culture in Japan is often a challenge for foreign residents. The same goes for foreign companies. Some global retailers have entered the Japanese market and established themselves as beloved brands by adapting to the local culture, while others struggle to win the hearts ...
U.S. fast-food giant McDonald's has ended its 41-year-long Olympic Games sponsorship deal three years early, the International Olympic Committee said on Friday. McDonald's, a sponsor since 1976 and part of the IOC's top sponsors program that contributes more than $1 billion in every four-year cycle ...
McDonald's Corp. said it's shelving plans to sell a stake in its Japan unit that has seen a turnaround since the company announced it was looking for a buyer more than a year ago. After a review, the world's largest restaurant chain has "made the ...
McDonald's announced Thursday it will shift to fresh beef in its new made-to-order Quarter Pounder hamburgers in most U.S. restaurants as it seeks to beef up sales in its home market. The fast-food chain by mid-2018 will shift away from frozen beef on the popular ...
McDonald's Holdings Co. (Japan) on Thursday reported a ¥5.37 billion ($48 million) group net profit for 2016, returning to profitability after years of slumping sales triggered by food safety scandals. The profit is a sharp turnaround from its ¥34.95 billion net loss last year, its ...
McDonald's Corp. has organized a primary tender to sell a major stake in its Japan unit McDonald's Holdings Co. (Japan), sources said Thursday. The global fast-food chain owns roughly 50 percent of the unit, of which up to 33 percent will be sold. The sources ...
McDonald's has opened a franchise just steps away from the gleaming white marble dome of St. Peter's Basilica, giving indigestion to some cardinals and local business owners. There was no fanfare for the Friday opening of the U.S. fast food giant's new venue behind a ...
Fast-food giant McDonald's said it has dropped a labor supply agency in Malaysia after claims emerged that it was underpaying its migrant workers and housing them in appalling conditions. An investigation by British newspaper The Guardian said the agency supplying workers to McDonald's was withholding ...
The man who invented the quintessential American fast-food burger, the Big Mac, and inadvertently set off a race to create ever more expansive fast-food menus, has died. Michael "Jim" Delligatti passed away Monday surrounded by family at his home in a Pittsburgh suburb, according to ...
