20 Quotes by Jack Greenberg

We extended our considerable lead internationally and achieved a remarkable turnaround in our U.S. business,

We want the line -- which for McDonald's includes our divisional and regional staffs, owner/operators and restaurant personnel -- to make decisions on behalf of customers based on field operating needs. The line ultimately has responsibility and accountability for our business success,

We want staff functions to support line decisions and maximize their impact.

She was indomitable. She would take on a project like opening up the University of Mississippi and just keep coming back again and again and again. She was like Grant at Vicksburg. She just dug in there and stayed there until they rolled over.

She was indomitable, ... She would take on a project like opening up the University of Mississippi and just keep coming back again and again and again. She was like Grant at Vicksburg. She just dug in there and stayed there until they rolled over.

McDonald's is proud of the tangible difference we have made for the environment in just 10 years. As we head into the new century, McDonald's will continue to set new, ambitious targets for environmental progress.

To fund the additional capital expenditures related to U.S. initiatives, we expect to moderate share repurchases to approximately $500 million in 2003 as well as reduce global new restaurant openings.

While eliminating jobs is a painful process -- both personally and culturally -- it is necessary to make these changes to refocus and realign with our restaurants and, where appropriate, bring home office resources closer to them,

We believe that a significant majority of them will stay open as Boston Markets. But some will close and some will be converted to McDonald's and to a couple of other brands,