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McDonald’s has also seen a major boycott because of its Israeli branch’s support for the Israeli actions in Gaza: https://fortune.com/2024/07/30/mcdonalds-gaza

McDonald’s has also seen a major boycott because of its Israeli branch’s support for the Israeli actions in Gaza: https://fortune.com/2024/07/30/mcdonalds-gaza-boycott-israel-muslims-france-quarterly-sales-kempczinski/ https://fortune.com/2024/07/30/mcdonalds-gaza-boycott-israel... Apparently it was so bad that global McDonalds bought back all the Israeli franchises.

gowld 2y ago
McDonald's stock is up 20% since Oct 7, 2023 Sales growth slowed a bit, but the boycott effort was a temporary scare to the business that didn't have significant impact on sales long term.
- bhouston 2y ago
  > McDonald's stock is up 20% since Oct 7, 2023 > the boycott effort was a temporary scare to the business that didn't have significant impact on sales long term. Are you making stuff up on purpose? I've rarely seen such a poorly argued and fact free reply on hacker news. 1. "McDonald's stock is up 20% since Oct 7, 2023." Why start on October 7? The formal boycott calls only came in January (https://bdsmovement.net/Boycott-McDonalds https://bdsmovement.net/Boycott-McDonalds) and why would a boycott start on October 7th anyways? McDonalds had nothing to do with the attack. Rather it was McDonald's that supported the Israeli invasion of Gaza after that attack. If you start from January 2024 there is no growth in MCD stock. Second, you need to compare to the market. It has dramatically underperformed the rest of the market which is in a boom. Thus it actually is like negative 20% compared to the market from that point onwards. 2. It was so bad that McDonalds acquired the Israeli franchises and it says in the articles it was because of sales misses: https://www.cnbc.com/2024/04/05/israel-boycott-mcdonalds-will-buy-all-225-restaurants-from-franchise.html https://www.cnbc.com/2024/04/05/israel-boycott-mcdonalds-wil... It was a franchisee decision to support the IDF via McDonald's promotions, that likely won't happen any more. 3. "Sales growth slowed a bit... temporary scare to the business that didn't have significant impact on sales long term"? How did you get that? Sales growth is negative this year and continues, McDonald's says so themselves. Their global comparable sales (which looks at same stores, ignoring price increases) have actually been decreasing this past year, especially in International markets: https://corporate.mcdonalds.com/corpmcd/our-stories/article/Q2-2024-results.html https://corporate.mcdonalds.com/corpmcd/our-stories/article/... https://corporate.mcdonalds.com/corpmcd/our-stories/article/Q2-2024-results.html https://corporate.mcdonalds.com/corpmcd/our-stories/article/...
- lazyasciiart 2y ago
  It sounds like you are attempting to disagree with the parent comment, but you don't present anything that contradicts them. The boycott effort slowed sales, which triggered the parent company to buy back the Israeli franchises, and then the boycott died away.
aidenn0 2y ago
I don't think that is the connection here, but being pro-Israel is a good way to get featured in TFP; the editor is an avowed Zionist.

gowld 2y ago

McDonald's stock is up 20% since Oct 7, 2023 Sales growth slowed a bit, but the boycott effort was a temporary scare to the business that didn't have significant impact on sales long term.

bhouston 2y ago
> McDonald's stock is up 20% since Oct 7, 2023 > the boycott effort was a temporary scare to the business that didn't have significant impact on sales long term. Are you making stuff up on purpose? I've rarely seen such a poorly argued and fact free reply on hacker news. 1. "McDonald's stock is up 20% since Oct 7, 2023." Why start on October 7? The formal boycott calls only came in January (https://bdsmovement.net/Boycott-McDonalds https://bdsmovement.net/Boycott-McDonalds) and why would a boycott start on October 7th anyways? McDonalds had nothing to do with the attack. Rather it was McDonald's that supported the Israeli invasion of Gaza after that attack. If you start from January 2024 there is no growth in MCD stock. Second, you need to compare to the market. It has dramatically underperformed the rest of the market which is in a boom. Thus it actually is like negative 20% compared to the market from that point onwards. 2. It was so bad that McDonalds acquired the Israeli franchises and it says in the articles it was because of sales misses: https://www.cnbc.com/2024/04/05/israel-boycott-mcdonalds-will-buy-all-225-restaurants-from-franchise.html https://www.cnbc.com/2024/04/05/israel-boycott-mcdonalds-wil... It was a franchisee decision to support the IDF via McDonald's promotions, that likely won't happen any more. 3. "Sales growth slowed a bit... temporary scare to the business that didn't have significant impact on sales long term"? How did you get that? Sales growth is negative this year and continues, McDonald's says so themselves. Their global comparable sales (which looks at same stores, ignoring price increases) have actually been decreasing this past year, especially in International markets: https://corporate.mcdonalds.com/corpmcd/our-stories/article/Q2-2024-results.html https://corporate.mcdonalds.com/corpmcd/our-stories/article/... https://corporate.mcdonalds.com/corpmcd/our-stories/article/Q2-2024-results.html https://corporate.mcdonalds.com/corpmcd/our-stories/article/...
lazyasciiart 2y ago
It sounds like you are attempting to disagree with the parent comment, but you don't present anything that contradicts them. The boycott effort slowed sales, which triggered the parent company to buy back the Israeli franchises, and then the boycott died away.

aidenn0 2y ago

I don't think that is the connection here, but being pro-Israel is a good way to get featured in TFP; the editor is an avowed Zionist.