Jan 25 (Reuters) - McDonald's (N:MCD) MCD.N :
* McDonald's CEO - all-day breakfast in Australia to go national later this quarter - conf call
* McDonald's MCD.N CEO-: U.S. remains fundamental to turnaround, Q4 best
qtr for U.S. in nearly 4 yrs- conf call
* McDonald's- will take at least 6 more months of positive comps and guest
count growth to progress through sustained and prolonged turnaround phases
* McDonald's CEO - all-day breakfast positions us to reclaim market share
we'd given up in recent years- conf call
* McDonald's CEO - france remains challenged as macroeconomy, november
attacks dampened restaurant sales- conf call
* McDonald's CEO - mcpick 2 appears to be resonating with customers- conf
call
* McDonald's CEO - plan to roll out table service across nearly all
converted restaurants in uk in 2016 - conf call
* McDonald's CFO- exploring sale of portion of our stake in Japan business-
conf call
* McDonald's CFO- likely to have further debt addition in 2016 to return
cash to shareholders-conf call
* McDonald's CFO- us co-operated margins for first half of 2016 will
continue to be impacted by labor pressures of a similar magnitude as q4
* McDonald's CFO- in the early stages of the process of identifying a
strategic investor who could help advance japan's turnaround efforts
* McDonald's - anticipate limited pricing power in several markets due to
relatively benign commodity outlook, low inflation
* McDonald's CEO - successful execution of key initiatives around value,
convenience, and breakfast are driving market share increases in china
* McDonald's CEO- plan to open more than 250 restaurants in china in 2016,
the highest of any of our markets
* McDonald's CEO - all-day breakfast exceeded sales contribution that we had
projected- conf call
* McDonald's CEO - in drive-thru in particular, streamlined menu boards have
made life easier for customers, made life easier for our managers and crew
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