date:Jan 24, 2014
eted new menu met internal performance targets, but didn't appear to draw more customers.
Closely watched global same-restaurant sales in December were down 1.2 percent, versus a 0.6 percent gain expected by analysts polled by Consensus Metrix.
The 3.8 percent drop in the United States was the biggest shortfall - analysts expected a decline of just 0.6 percent - but other regions also missed.
The Asia Pacific, the Middle East and Africa (APMEA) region posted an unexpected 2.1 percent decline