Jack Greenberg
Jack Greenberg
century innovation integral vision
... Innovation is an integral part of our vision for McDonald's in the 21 st century
baton management opportunity pass team time
In every company's history, there is a time when it is appropriate to pass the baton and give a new management team the opportunity to lead, and that time has come at McDonald's,
existing expect invest million
As part of this plan, we expect to invest $300 million to $400 million in existing U.S. franchised restaurants in 2003,
conditions difficult global including overall pleased proud system year
This has been a challenging year for many global companies, including McDonald's, ... While I am not pleased with our overall results, I am proud of how our system has responded to the many difficult conditions we've faced.
beef concerns consumer effect european longer regarding supply
The effect of consumer concerns regarding the European beef supply has persisted longer than we expected.
against almost branded company difficult dollar european four global managing period quite results three weak
The European currencies have been weak against the dollar for three or four years now, and we've had two or three years of really extraordinary results worldwide, ... So, we're managing through this difficult period quite well, probably better than almost any other global branded company I can think of.