Fries with that? McDonald’s sales soar on crispy chicken sandwich

As its dining rooms reopened, the fast food giant drew customers in with new products like its crispy chicken sandwich.

McDonald’s posted better-than-expected sales in the second quarter as dining rooms reopened and new products like its crispy chicken sandwich brought in customers. Revenue jumped 57 percent to nearly $5.9bn in the April-June period. That beat Wall Street’s forecast of $5.6bn, according to analysts polled by FactSet. Global same-store sales, or sales at locations open at least a year, rose 40.5 percent from the same period a year ago. It was an easy comparison; the second quarter of 2020 was the low point of the pandemic for McDonald’s, when lockdowns shuttered stores and sales plunged 30 percent.