
McDonald’s second quarter results landed in line with Wall Street’s revenue expectations, with earnings slightly above consensus. Management attributed the quarter’s muted U.S. performance to inconsistent execution of value menus and operational complexity at the restaurant level. CEO Chris Kempczinski stated, “We simply didn’t execute at the level we needed to in the second quarter,” highlighting that U.S. restaurant teams struggled with too many simultaneous deployments and underwhelming marke






