The “barbell” menu strategy McDonald’s Corp. has touted in the weeks since announcing disappointing October same-store sales looks out of balance to the Oak Brook, Ill.-based chain’s critics, with the Dollar Menu seen as dead weight preventing other initiatives from gaining traction. As chief executive Don Thompson noted in discussions with investors in November, the chain of more than 34,000 worldwide locations would pursue traffic and market-share gains by ...
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