This undated image provided by McDonald’s Corp. shows an item available in it's soon to open vegetarian-only restaurants in India. The company already offers menu items that cater to local tastes, such as the Maharaja Mac, which is a Big Mac except with chicken patties instead of beef. (AP Photo/McDonald's Corp.)
News Summary: McDonald's sales fall in February
Published: 08:33:47 PM, Fri 08 March 2013 UTC
SALES MCBITES: McDonald's Corp. says its new Fish McBites failed to draw enough customers to grow U.S. sales in February.
AT HOME: The Oak Brook, Ill.-based company says a key sales figure fell 3.3 percent in the U.S. last month. When excluding the impact of an extra day in February of last year, the company said sales were flat. The figure rose 11.1 percent a year ago.
WORDLWIDE: Sales at restaurants open at least 13 months fell 1.5 percent globally. Stripping out the impact of the extra day a year ago, the metric rose 1.7 percent.
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