I remain very optimistic about our long-term opportunities to grow profitably in the domestic marketplace.

We believe that a significant majority of them will stay open as Boston Markets. But some will close and some will be converted to McDonald's and to a couple of other brands.

... Innovation is an integral part of our vision for McDonald's in the 21 st century.

Line led, staff supported.

The European currencies have been weak against the dollar for three or four years now, and we've had two or three years of really extraordinary results worldwide, ... So, we're managing through this difficult period quite well, probably better than almost any other global branded company I can think of.

We want staff functions to support line decisions and maximize their impact.

I ought to point out that the Dinosaur movie really is by coincidence being released this week, ... People give us too much credit. We weren't smart enough to coordinate all this.

We extended our considerable lead internationally and achieved a remarkable turnaround in our U.S. business.

The U.S. delivered an extremely strong performance.