McDonald's Corp (MCD.N) plans to launch in China this year 150 outlets where clients can customize burgers to suit their tastes http://www.airmax95outletonline.com/ , as the world's top restaurant chain aims to grow sales in the country after being hit by a fast-food scandal in 2014.
The U.S. burger chain currently has 11 such outlets on the mainland, including in Shanghai, Guangzhou, Shenzhen and Beijing, Regina Hui, senior director of communications for McDonald's China said in an email received late on Thursday, in which she also disclosed the plans for the 150 restaurants.
McDonald's beat analyst forecasts for quarterly same-restaurant sales this week, adding momentum to a global recovery for the chain as demand picked up in China.
Its same-store sales in China rose 4 percent in the fourth quarter of 2015 air max 95 kids outlet , the second straight quarter of growth after four quarters of falling sales.
McDonald's and Yum Brands Inc (YUM.N), the parent of KFC and Pizza Hut, are slowly turning things around in China, although same-restaurant sales for both firms remain below pre-scandal levels, according to a Reuters analysis of available data.
The so-called 'Create Your Taste' outlets allow customers to build customized burgers from a wide selection of ingredients.
Hui said the chain had seen "very positive feedback" from local diners, who analysts say are increasingly tough to win over due to greater health awareness and a boom in the range of available dining options.
"They like the taste of burgers, the digital experience and the table service," said Hui.
McDonald's Chief Executive Steve Easterbrook launched a turnaround plan last year that involved making the menu simpler air max 95 mens outlet , improving service times and raising worker wages.
NEW YORK, Jan. 20 (Xinhua) -- U.S. stocks opened lower on Wednesday, as further decline in oil prices rattled nervous investors.
Oil prices continued to trade near multi-year lows on Wednesday, dragged down by a global supply glut. The West Texas Intermediate for February delivery slipped below 28 U.S. dollars a barrel in the early trading on the New York Mercantile Exchange.
Investors turned to safe haven assets, such as sovereign bonds and gold, as global markets are in full retreat.
In economic news, the consumer price index declined 0.1 percent in December on a seasonally adjusted basis, the U.S. Labor Department said Wednesday. Core inflation air max 95 womens outlet , which excludes volatile energy and food costs, rose 0.1 percent in December, its smallest increase since August.
Privately owned housing starts in December were at a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 1.149 million units, 2.5 percent below the revised November estimate, according to figures of the U.S. Commerce Department.
Shortly after the opening bell, the Dow Jones Industrial Average lost 280.84 points, or 1.75 percent, to 15 nike air max 95 outlet ,735.18. The S&P 500 shed 31.45 points, or 1.67 percent, to 1,849.88. The Nasdaq Composite Index was down 71.27 points, or 1.59 percent, to 4,405.69.
U.S. stocks closed mixed on Tuesday, as investors raised hopes of further stimulus measures from Beijing following data that China's economy recorded the slowest annual expansion in 25 years cheap air max 95 outlet , and digested on strong bank earnings reports.
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