McDonald’s gross sales are lastly rising once more

Gross sales at US shops open a minimum of a yr jumped 4.6% within the three months that ended on September 30 in comparison with the identical interval final yr, in line with a doc the corporate filed with the Securities and Change Fee on Thursday. It plans to disclose its full third-quarter monetary ends in November. The corporate additionally introduced a dividend improve.

The outcomes mark an enchancment in comparison with the second quarter, the three months that ended on June 30, when gross sales at US shops open a minimum of a yr fell 8.7 p.c.

McDonald’s US places are getting fewer prospects, regardless that persons are spending extra per order. And worldwide same-store gross sales are nonetheless unfavourable. They dragged down the corporate’s general comparable gross sales to 2.2 p.c within the third quarter in comparison with the identical interval final yr.

The US gross sales enchancment was pushed partially by “sturdy efficiency” at dinner, in line with the submitting. The corporate has been struggling during breakfast due to pandemic-related disruptions to folks’s morning commutes.

Advertising and promotional exercise helped the corporate obtain low double-digit comparable gross sales development in the US in September, in line with the submitting.

The corporate has rolled out a variety of menu improvements over the previous few months. In August, McDonald’s launched spicy chicken nuggets.

Final month, the chain introduced the “Travis Scott Meal,” named for the Grammy Award-nominee. The meal, which incorporates Quarter Pound burgers with cheese, bacon and lettuce, a Sprite, a facet of fries and BBQ dipping sauce, was so profitable that some restaurants started running out of ingredients. McDonald’s not too long ago teamed up with singer J Balvin on a similar promotion.

And on Wednesday, it announced the addition of new baked goods to its menu for the primary time in years.