Jack Greenberg Quotations

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,

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

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,

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

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

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.

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,

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,

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.

The European currencies have been weak against the dollar for three or four years now, and we've had two or three years of really extraordinary results worldwide, ... So, we're managing through this difficult period quite well, probably better than almost any other global branded company I can think of.