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CLAIM #39192 · McDonald’s Corporation (MCD) · 2025Q1 earnings call · May 1, 2025 · due Dec 31, 2025

So, it's a more inflationary environment in Europe, which means we just have to be really judicious about how and where we take pricing in that environment.

Chris Kempczinski · CEO

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ntry. As Ian mentioned, there's only two countries that we've actually seen industry growth. But I think, generally, we feel good about the value programs that we have in place in all big -- all of our big five markets. And we're seeing that -- when you pair that with good menu and marketing execution, you can see great performance or very good performance. So, I think Europe, challenged, but, again, if you have the right value and marketing, you can get that. I think the issue in Europe, maybe a little bit different than the U.S., is just it's a very inflationary environment in Europe, particularly because of beef, and so you've got high-single digit inflation running through the P&L because of what's going on in Europe that compares to the U.S., where F&P inflation is low-single digits. So, it's a more inflationary environment in Europe, which means we just have to be really judicious about how and where we take pricing in that environment. I think, as Ian mentioned, in China, we've seen the business stabilize there. We're encouraged by what we're seeing from our China business. Latin America, I think continues to perform okay. And then, if you go to places like Japan, the business is performing solidly there. So, I think relative to the U.S., the U.S. and the pressure on that lower income consumers, probably the most noteworthy thing, seeing traffic declines of nearly 10% with that low income consumer, I think is the defining feature of what we see in the U.S. relative to rest of world. Ian Borden: Hey, David. It's Ian. I may just add a couple of comments to what the context that Chris has outlaid, and I'll just use our big five IOM markets as a bit of a bellwether because, obviously, it's just building on what Chris laid o

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