by nate on Tuesday, December 8th, 2009 | Business, News, World

The supersized burger chain, McDonald that are serving more than 47 millions people daily, getting affected on their sales due to the current U.S. economy recession. McDonald once became the largest global restaurant chain in the world before they were surpassed by Yum! Brands (KFC, Taco Bell and others) and sandwich chain Subway.

While the world’s largest burger chain is still faring better than its competitors, who’ve increasingly been pushing value menus and discounts of their own, the restaurant’s fortunes likely won’t improve unless the U.S. economy does.

“I think ultimately, we’ll need job growth to get things turned around to get back in the positive territory,” said Morningstar restaurant analyst R.J. Hottovy.

On Tuesday, McDonald’s said sales at restaurants open at least a year fell 0.6 percent in the U.S. It was the second consecutive monthly decline for the measure, an important indicator of a restaurant chain’s health, and a steeper fall than October’s 0.1 percent.

November’s overseas results were better but still mixed, helped by a softening dollar that translated foreign revenue into more dollars. Around the globe, sales in locations open at least a year rose 0.7 percent.

Because of its size and its ability to trounce competitors with its increasingly popular dollar menu, McDonald’s was one of the early beneficiaries of the recession as diners traded down from pricier restaurants. In fact, last November, sales in locations open a year climbed 4.5 percent in the U.S. and 7.7 globally.

But earlier this fall, McDonald’s cautioned it wasn’t immune to the recession, either, and in October, the U.S. figure fell 0.1 percent.

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