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| Now with 4 chicken equities, that are billion-dollar brands in their own right, we have made impressive strides against our goal of developing a reputation for great chicken and that success is purely even higher ambitions |
| We also feel really good about the fact that we’ve got strong discipline in place that is going to make sure that we monitor how we’re doing |
| It’s performing extremely well, growing share |
| So, we’re very confident and excited about the opportunity in China |
| While our business was performing well, we believed we could do even better, and we announced our Accelerating the Arches growth strategy |
| We were building from a position of strength back then and our fidelity toward Accelerating the Arches strategy has further strengthened our business |
| Accelerating the Arches encompassed all aspects of our business including purpose, values and our MCD growth pillars, that built on our inherent competitive advantages M stood for maximize our marketing and the world-class culturally relevant creative to reignite our brand and drive growth |
| I think the other thing is, our franchisees, particularly relative to our competitors, they’re in a great financial position |
| So, we feel very confident that there’s going to be good franchisee excitement about the growth opportunity |
| But at the end of the day, the McDonald’s brand is built on being able to deliver customers great value |
| So, you’ve got incredible visibility to all the pricing that exists around restaurants in our developed markets these days, which has given us a great capability to make sure that we don’t get offsides on that |
| First, I’m grateful to my senior leadership team, whose talents and values-based leadership enable us to set our ambitions even higher |
| But I think you hit it on the head, which is we have talked about our pricing power |
| We see big opportunities to improve speed, capacity and order accuracy, all of which are highly correlated to guest count growth |
| Our pricing capabilities like Ian also said, are incredibly strong, have been helpful as we’ve navigated the last several years |
| Ian hit it that -- I mean our contribution margin on incremental sales is incredibly strong |
| Our franchisee cash flows are strong |
| We are, by far, the largest drive thru player in the world with more than 27,000 drive thru locations, providing unmatched scale and convenience |
| We also have tremendous pricing tools that have guided us well through this hyperinflationary period |
| McDonald’s unmatched size and scale gives us competitive advantage that no one else can match and in our rapidly evolving industry, I believe that the benefits of scale will become only more pronounced |
| Our buying scale means that McDonald’s has the lowest cost and best quality in the industry, enabling us to offer customers superior value at attractive margins for our franchisees |
| So, whatever happens next year with the consumer, we have a strong ongoing position all the investments that we’ve made |
| I think one of the benefits of our business is our size, our scale and our geographic diversity, and the breadth of our business, which means we have an incredible amount of resilience as a system |
| And are we continuing to take share? And I think based on what we’ve taken you through today, we feel really well about how we’re positioned to continue to have advantage against the rest of the competitive set as we work through those challenges |
| McDonald’s superior scale means that we can build capabilities at a pace and cost that no one else in our industry can match |
| And as more and more customers literally hundreds of millions join our digital ecosystem,our pricing tools get sharper, our AI models get smarter, our restaurants become easier to operate, and most importantly, the overall customer experience improves |
| Together, these accumulated benefits of McDonald’s superior scale allow us to offer compelling returns to investors and franchisees alike |
| Beyond our incremental $30 billion of system-wide sales growth, there are several other strong signs of progress |
| That gives us a long-term structural advantage, and we really saw that play out during the pandemic |
| Just think, 50 years ago, when we introduced the concept to drive through, who would have imagined that we have more drive-throughs than anyone else in the world or that today, our drive-through would continue to be a competitive advantage for us |
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| at least, there’s been negative traffic for the industry |
| Today, our restaurant infrastructure is out of sync with our digital future, which can contribute to reliability and stability issues |
| What I mean market contraction, broader IEOs and formal eating out sector, or at least more sluggish growth on the back of these macro pressures |
| I think, obviously, higher interest rates, all the inflation level that’s passing back through to the consumer and the pressure that’s putting on purchasing power, sentiment, I think savings of, obviously, through COVID, we’ve all heard have been eroded |
| That said, as I referenced on our last call, there is pressure with the lower income households |
| What will Digitizing the Arches mean for our customers? To deliver at the speed that our customers expect, we must address key technology challenges, including a fragmented digital experience |
| market, our store counts have grown much slower than the population in the fastest growing areas of the country |
| I think the other more macro or broad thing I just would mention is I think unsurprisingly, if you look to the Middle East, I mean, we are seeing an impact on our business across a number of the markets in the Middle East and a limited number of markets outside of the Middle East with the conflict that’s going on, obviously, which is tragic |
| And I think it will guide us well through maybe a period of challenge for consumers where they need more value |
| is going to have a mild recession |
| I mean I think, as Chris said, we’ve talked pretty consistently over the last few quarters, just about the macro challenges that we expected to see |
| And guys, please let me emphasize again, we’re talking about 10 stores, okay? So, let’s not get too excited about it |
| It’s the classic layout, but it has multiple potential bottlenecks that can really slow us down |
| Whether in the ways that we showed up for our restaurant teams, local communities and system throughout the COVID-19 pandemic to the ways we stood by our people and communities through the periods of social unrest across the U.S |
| And I think the societal pressures that have come out of that conflict in the Middle East |
| Second, I’m reminded of the sheer size and scale of the McDonald’s system company, suppliers and franchisees, which has only gotten stronger with time |
| They are feeling the pressure |
| I think it’s certainly possible as you look into -- I think we certainly think we’re going to work through some headwinds in 2024 |
| And yes, in markets like China, we have average -- lower average unit volumes |
| A tough loss could be softened by constellation fries gifted by a friend or a gloating rival delivered through a digital wallet |
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