“And we remain on track to grow our global chicken share by 100 basis points by the end of 2026, in line with the target we shared at our investor update in late 2023.”

In context

“orts to improve the U.K.'s overall performance. While we recognize that restoring sustained positive performance in the U.K. will take time. As we've demonstrated most recently in France and Australia, we have a solid track record of identifying areas of improvement and executing turnaround plans that deliver results. In addition to launching Big Arch in France and the U.K., we're working to unlock growth in beef by continuing to implement Best Burger across the globe. Today, it's currently in more than 80 markets, and we expect it will be in nearly all markets by the end of 2026. Chicken also remains a significant opportunity. It's a larger global category than beef and continues to grow at a faster rate. In the second quarter, we increased chicken market share across our top 10 markets. And we remain on track to grow our global chicken share by 100 basis points by the end of 2026, in line with the target we shared at our investor update in late 2023. Chicken was key to driving sales growth and overall market share gains in Australia in the quarter. The market saw its first share gains in a couple of years thanks in part to the Hot Honey Chicken campaign featuring both McCrispy and McSpicy options that worked in conjunction with the strong foundation of value and affordability that has now been put in place. Australia also introduced McWings in early June as a permanent menu item with performance to date exceeding our expectations, further strengthening our chicken portfolio. Chicken also helped to drive our performance in China in the second quarter, where we gained market share, not only in the category, but in overall QSR as well. While we're pleased with our relative performance in China, the near-term macroeconomic environment rem”