Somewhat good news:

McDonald’s Corp. (MCD), the world’s largest restaurant chain, said third-quarter profit fell 30 percent as U.S. sales slumped for the fourth straight quarter.

Net income dropped to $1.07 billion, or $1.09 a share, from $1.52 billion, or $1.52, a year earlier, the Oak Brook, Illinois-based company said in a statement today.

McDonald’s has been struggling to draw American diners as rivals offer deals and introduce new items. The company also has lost customers by boosting prices on burgers to make up for rising labor and ingredient costs. Sales at McDonald’s U.S. stores open at least 13 months fell 3.3 percent in the third quarter, trailing the 2.9 percent decline estimated by analysts in a Consensus Metrix survey.

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My question is no matter how much McSludge's tries to overhaul their image (such as it is) with more of a plastic veneer of "feel good about America" and how they are shamelessly exploiting human suffering to sell shit food made from cardboard and thrown monkey feces why would anyone ever want to eat there? A 30% drop is way too high on the economic scale of good riddance. But people are wising up; soon those golden arches eyesores will be no longer.