McDonald\u2019s announced a plan to hire 375,000 employees across the U.S. this summer. <\/p>\n
The plan, announced on Monday, is one of the fast-food chain’s largest hiring pushes in years, according to a news release. It goes hand in hand with McDonald’s goal to open 900 new restaurants in the U.S. by 2027 and its plan to serve more customers during summer months. <\/p>\n
Joe Erlinger, McDonald\u2019s president for the U.S., met with Department of Labor Secretary Lori Chavez-DeRemer at a location just outside of Columbus, Ohio, to announce the news. The hiring will be across McDonald\u2019s company-owned and franchised locations, according to a company spokesperson. <\/p>\n
The news comes amid the Trump administration’s push for businesses to invest more in the U.S. The White House reported that it secured more than $5 trillion in new investment promises in the U.S. during Trump’s first 100 days in office. <\/p>\n
Those investments include a $500 billion plan in manufacturing by Apple, and $500 billion investment plans announced by Nvidia and by a coalition of companies including SoftBank and Oracle.<\/p>\n
Earlier this month, McDonald\u2019s reported its worst quarterly sales for the U.S. since the height of the pandemic in 2020. <\/p>\n
The restaurant company reported U.S. same-store sales fell 3.6%, the largest three-month drop since Q2 2020, when they plunged 8.7%. Forecasts had been for a decline of just 1.7%.<\/p>\n
McDonald’s executives told investors during a call that the reason for the decline was that ‘people are just visiting less,’ adding that traffic among middle-income diners fell by \u201cnearly double digits\u201d alongside an ongoing drop-off among low-income ones. As an example, they said more people appear to be skipping breakfast entirely to cut back on spending, or eating breakfast at home.<\/p>\n
The fast-food chain has over 38,000 locations in over 100 countries, and is aiming for 50,000 by 2027.<\/p>\n
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