date:Jan 24, 2014
global sales at restaurants open at least 13 months.
The January forecast stands out as a healthy (same-store sales) miss, Wells Fargo restaurant analyst Jeff Farmer said in a client note. Analysts, on average, estimate a 2.4 percent gain in January.
Analysts were optimistic that McDonald's sales trends would improve in January, largely because the company turned in lukewarm results in January 2013.
Profit beats, sales miss
McDonald's has about seven times the sales of Wendy's and Burger Kin