20 Quotes by Jack Greenberg

While this has been a tough six months, we are intent upon improving the business by building comparable sales around the world through improved operations, effective marketing and menu development,

This year has been challenging for McDonald's, ... But I am confident that our strategies are right and we will see significant improvement in 2002, setting the stage for stronger growth in 2003 and beyond.

As part of this plan, we expect to invest $300 million to $400 million in existing U.S. franchised restaurants in 2003,

This has been a challenging year for many global companies, including McDonald's, ... While I am not pleased with our overall results, I am proud of how our system has responded to the many difficult conditions we've faced.

In Europe, we are optimistic that lingering concerns about beef will continue to lessen as the year progresses, ... We continue to educate our European customers about McDonald's high food safety and quality standards.

I ought to point out that the Dinosaur movie really is by coincidence being released this week, ... People give us too much credit. We weren't smart enough to coordinate all this.

... Innovation is an integral part of our vision for McDonald's in the 21 st century

I remain very optimistic about our long-term opportunities to grow profitably in the domestic marketplace.

In every company's history, there is a time when it is appropriate to pass the baton and give a new management team the opportunity to lead, and that time has come at McDonald's,