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McDonald's targets 50,000 restaurants by 2027, 250M loyalty members, Google Cloud partnership
MCDONALDS CORP
- Target 50,000 restaurants by 2027, fastest period of growth in brand history.
- Expand loyalty from 150M to 250M 90-day active users by 2027, with $45B in annual sales to loyalty members.
- Entered strategic partnership with Google Cloud to apply generative AI across restaurants worldwide starting 2024.
- Preliminary 2024: capex ~$2.5B, operating margin mid-to-high 40% range, net restaurant unit expansion nearly 2%.
- Long-term: 4-5% annual net unit growth, free cash flow conversion ~90%, expand to 50,000 units.