“Finally, we remain on pace to open approximately 2,200 restaurants globally this year and continue to target about 1/4 of these openings to be in our U.S. and IOM segments.”

In context

“including digital, technology and our transformation efforts led by our global business services organization. Below the operating line, we're projecting our full year interest expense to increase by about 4% compared to 2024. That's at the low end of our previous estimate of 4% to 6%, largely due to lower-than-expected increases in average interest rates. We continue to target a full year effective tax rate of 20% to 22% with some quarterly volatility. We currently estimate the tailwind from the impact of foreign currency translation on adjusted earnings per share to be about $0.15 based on current exchange rates. That's up from our previous estimate of about a $0.05 tailwind. As always, our updated estimate is directional guidance only as rates will likely change as the year progresses. Finally, we remain on pace to open approximately 2,200 restaurants globally this year and continue to target about 1/4 of these openings to be in our U.S. and IOM segments. We expect to open more than 1,600 restaurants in our IDL markets, including about 1,000 in China. In total, we continue to expect slightly over 4% unit growth from the nearly 1,800 net restaurant additions in 2025. Overall, despite the ongoing industry headwinds, McDonald's is well positioned due to the resiliency of our business and our overall financial strength. We're on track to deliver our financial targets for the year. And remain confident in our ability to drive long-term profitable growth for the system and to create value for our shareholders. We remain confident in our Accelerating the Arches strategy and believe with strong execution, it will continue to deliver. As shown in the majority of our IOM and IDL markets in the second quarter, having a solid foundation of value and a”