"McDonald's is almost 50 years old. For 47 years we had a pretty consistent track record of being able to deliver admirable sales."

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"McDonald's is almost 50 years old. For 47 years we had a pretty consistent track record of being able to deliver admirable sales."

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"I talked about 12 to 18 months, and that's about reaffirming our foundation for sustained growth: getting the discipline back, getting the basics right, getting the customer focus back... so by the end of next year, I hope most of that's in place."

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"And ours is a business that requires discipline and focus."

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"The markets where we've got real good presence are the older, more mature markets like Australia, and Western Europe - where we've only got 6,000 stores, compared to the US with 13,000."

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"But you know the second month I was here I put out a healthy lifestyles directive. The pundits will say it was because we were sued. Well that's what they say. It was never about that."

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"I think this year we'll open up 900 gross, we're closing some, so the net count is lower, but the 900 are spread all over the place. Some of the closures are relocations, where you're moving it to another place in the marketplace."

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