Securities analysts say Yum! Brands Inc. and McDonald’s Corp., the two biggest Western brands in China, can't ride the coat tails of China's growth and more salubrious food supplies to grow
per-store sales. Indeed, the two QSR giants have actually seen sales slip. One reason Louisville, Ky.-based QSR holding company Yum!, which has 6,000 units in China, and Oak Brook, Ill.-based
McDonald’s have seem same-store sales drop since late last year is televised reports of widespread antibiotic use in chickens raised there. China’s economic growth also has slowed from its
post-recession highs of 2010, pressuring consumer spending there and weighing on restaurant sales.
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