McDonald’s sales in the US are slowing after deal fatigue
11 news sources are covering this Business story right now — PULSE is tracking how fast it spreads.
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"McDonald’s sales in the US are slowing after deal fatigue" is generating significant coverage in the Business category, with 13 articles from 11 distinct sources tracked by PULSE so far.
Outlets currently covering the story include CNBC, Marketing Week, investingLive and Fox Business. PULSE measures a story's velocity from how quickly new articles appear and how many independent newsrooms join the coverage.
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Generated by PULSE's extractive engine from coverage metadata only — no AI-written claims. Updated 89d ago.
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Coverage (13)
- McDonald's names company veteran Skye Anderson as its U.S. president as growth in its largest market slows CNBC · 91d ago
- McDonald’s CEO warns against relying on ‘borrowed equities’ to drive growth Marketing Week · 91d ago
- McDonald's on the consumer: Flat-to-negative traffic, value wars and a July that went negative investingLive · 91d ago
- McDonald's says its U.S. business is falling short as it announces new head of its largest market CNBC · 91d ago
- McDonald's says US sales slowed after value deal push fell short Fox Business · 91d ago
- McDonald’s Corporation: ‘Our international markets continue to demonstrate that our playbook is working’ MCA Insight · 91d ago
- What do McDonald’s Q2 results mean for the F&B ingredients industry? Food Ingredients First · 91d ago
- McDonald’s posts strong second quarter profit, names new leader for US market phl17.com · 91d ago
- McDonald’s posts strong second quarter profit, names new leader for US market AP News · 91d ago
- McDonald's says US sales slowed after value deal push fell short Fox Business · 91d ago
- McDonald's admits that getting rid of this beloved menu offer was a 'bad trade,' as new $3 value menu disappoints Fast Company · 91d ago
- McDonald's posts strong second quarter profit, names new leader for U.S. market Pittsburgh Post-Gazette · 91d ago
- McDonald’s U.S. sales growth slows as value push falters Honolulu Star-Advertiser · 91d ago
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