date:Mar 11, 2013
Global sales at McDonald's restaurants open at least 13 months fell 1.5 percent in February, slightly less than analysts' average estimate for a 1.63 percent decline, according to Consensus Metrix.
The results come as polls show that low- and middle-income Americans cut back on restaurant meals and other discretionary purchases after higher taxes and rising gasoline costs pinched their wallets. At the same time, McDonald's has been grappling with the difficult chore of topping a long run of str