Dollar damages McDonald''s gain

Sao Paulo-the depreciation of the real against the dollar pulled down the results of the brazilian Division of Arcos Dorados, largest network of McDonald''s franchises in the world.
Considering the currency effect, the revenues in the first quarter of 2016 had 21.1 percent drop compared with the same period last year.
In real, however, the high was 8.2% to the company''s revenue in the period was $ 288.6 million. In the first quarter of 2015 this value had been $ 365.9 million. In relation to Ebitda (earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization), the results were positive in both analyses.
At constant exchange rate, the increase in the first quarter of this year amounted to 39.6%, amounting to US $ 35.3 million. Considering the Exchange variation, the adjusted Ebitda growth was only 0.1%.
To the President of the Brazil Division of Arcos Dorados, Paul Calderon, the results were positive. "They reinforce the strategy of focusing on the customer and on the excellence of the operation is correct," he said in a statement.
Despite this, the Manager ponders about the effects of the recession. "We still live in an unstable economic environment, but our Brazil experience gives us musculature to face the time and seek innovative solutions, successfully, to expand the leadership of our business," he added.
According to the company, the main actions that contributed to the first-quarter results were: strengthening the existing value platforms and delivery of news for consumers, as the launch of premium signature line, besides the good acceptance of the happy meal properties.