date:Jun 10, 2014
percent gain analysts expected.
Same-restaurant sales grew 2.5 percent in the Asia-Pacific, Middle East and Africa (APMEA) region, which includes China. That result easily topped analysts' average forecast for a 0.7 percent gain. In May 2013, an avian flu outbreak in China dragged down the region's results.
Europe, which contributed 40 percent of revenue last year and is McDonald's top region for sales, put up a gain of 0.4 percent, just shy of the 0.5 percent rise analysts expected.
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