McDonald's says McCafe launch off to good start

OAK BROOK, Ill. (AP) -- McDonald's says sales of its new McCafe coffees and chicken Snack Wraps in the U.S. helped boost same-store sales 6.9 percent in April....

McDonald's sales rose 4.8% in May, helped by McCafe coffee drinks. The fast-food giant said it anticipates foreign-exchange rates, especially a weakening euro, to weigh on earnings for the year.

McDonald's sales rose 4.8% in May, helped by McCafe coffee drinks. The fast-food giant said it anticipates foreign-exchange rates, especially a weakening euro, to weigh on earnings for the year.

McDonald's earnings rose 2.1% as the fast-food giant posted strong same-store sales, helped by its McRib sandwich and an addition to its successful McCafe coffee lineup.

Fred L. Turner, one of the first employees of McDonald's Corp. and the founder of its Hamburger University training program, died of complications from pneumonia Monday night. He was 80.

(Reuters) - McDonald's Corp , which next month will start selling packaged coffee in some of its restaurants in Canada, has no current plans to sell bagged coffee in the United States, a spokeswoman said on Friday. News of the company's plans to sell the McCafe-branded coffee in Canada came shortly after market watchers noticed that McDonald's had filed with the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office to use its McCafe brand for "ground and whole bean coffee. That trademark filing launched speculation that the world's biggest fast-food chain might offer bagged coffee in the United States. ...