MCD Part 2 of McDonald’s Franchisee Survey Focuses on Breakfast

By Mark Kalinowski Published on October 27, 2020 at 12:00 AM

Today we publish part 2 of 2 of our proprietary McDonald’s Franchisee Survey. Much of this report focuses on the breakfast daypart, which has lagged behind in recovery over the last 3-5 months not just for McDonald’s, but for the restaurant industry in general.

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MCD McDonald’s Franchisee Survey Leads to Updated Q4E Forecasts

By Mark Kalinowski Published on October 23, 2020 at 12:00 AM

McDonald’s plans to release its full-Q3 earnings before the market open on Monday, November 9th, to be followed that day by the related earnings release conference call and a Virtual Investor Update. McDonald’s has already released its Q3 samestore sales results, including a U.S. advance of +4.6%.

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MCD Our Latest Proprietary McDonald’s Franchisee Survey Says 4.19

By Mark Kalinowski Published on April 25, 2019 at 12:00 AM

Based on the results of our latest proprietary McDonald’s Franchisee Survey, we retain our Q1E U.S. same-store sales forecast at +3.2%. In the previous 80 iterations of the McDonald’s Franchisee Survey, the survey result has been within 200 basis points of the McDonald’s U.S. same-store sales number reported shortly thereafter 73 times (91.3% of the time), and within 100 basis points of the McDonald’s U.S. same-store sales number reported shortly thereafter 56 times (70.0% of the time).

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