McDonald's same-store sales rebound in AugustMcDonald's same-store sales rebound in August

By Mark Brandau

Global same-store sales rebounded slightly for McDonald’s Corp. in August after the company’s extremely rare flat results in July, but challenges related to low consumer confidence persisted across its three major operating regions.

Same-store sales at the more than 14,000 McDonald’s restaurants in the United States improved from a 0.1-percent decrease in July. For the month, McDonald’s global same-store sales rose 3.7 percent, comprising gains of 3 percent in the United States, 3.1 percent in Europe and 5.7 percent in the company’s Asia-Pacific/Middle East/Africa, or APMEA, division.

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