
麦当劳宣布将向加盟商注资85亿美元(约新台币2704亿元),用于餐厅改装和技术升级,以应对通胀影响下的消费放缓。该计划持续至2036年,旨在重振美国本土市场增长。公司将引入AI技术提升点餐速度和供应链管理,预计带来2.5%的效率提升。尽管有这些措施,麦当劳股价当日仍重挫6.4%。
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麦当劳在美国市场面临通胀压力导致消费放缓,2024年同店销售仅增长0.2%,2025年增长2.1%,低于历史平均3%-4%的增长水平。公司此前主要依赖加盟模式,全球超过60%的收入来自加盟店。
麦当勞(McDonald's)23日公布最新計畫,預計向加盟商挹注85億美元(約新台幣2704億元),用於餐廳改裝與技術升級,以因應在可預見的未來,持續受到通貨膨脹衝擊的消費經濟。
法新社報導,該公司高層強調,這項將持續至2036年的加盟商支援計畫,是重振美國本土市場成長的最佳途徑。由於美國消費者正面臨高昂的汽油與民生物資價格壓力,麥當勞在美國的銷售成長已出現減緩跡象。
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麥當勞財務長波登(Ian Borden)在說明租金減免與資本支持等具體措施時指出:「當加盟商擁有更強健的經濟基礎時,我們的整體系統也會更加強大。」
除了宣傳雞肉、咖啡與其他菜單品項的新產品外,該公司高層在一系列簡報中也特別強調,計畫導入人工智慧(AI)技術來加快點餐速度,並進一步改善庫存與供應鏈管理。麥當勞表示,這項名為「Next」的倡議計畫,預計將為餐廳層級帶來約2.5%的效率提升。
然而,在整場簡報過程中,麥當勞股價卻遭遇沉重賣壓。波登在會中坦言,美國市場本季的銷售額預料將呈現「微幅負成長」。
麥當勞執行長肯普欽斯基(Chris Kempczinski)在接受美國財經媒體CNBC訪問時形容,通膨「不僅在美國,在全球各地都表現得相當具黏性(sticky)」。他向分析師表示,在這種總體經濟環境下,公司的目標是透過回歸基本面來擴大市佔率,亦即「持續提升我們餐點口味與品質的基礎」。此外,麥當勞也正試圖透過套餐組合與數位促銷,向預算拮据的消費者強化其「超值」定位。
這是麥當勞3年來首度舉辦投資人日(investor day)。此前該公司公布的數據顯示,美國市場2024年的同店銷售(comparable sales)僅微幅成長0.2%,2025年則成長2.1%。當被問及是否有信心讓麥當勞在本土市場的年成長率恢復至歷史平均約3%到4%的水準時,肯普欽斯基給出肯定答覆:「是的,絕對可以。」
這筆針對加盟商的投資,旨在緩解小型企業所面臨的財務衝擊;在美國,單是改裝一間餐廳的大廳,費用就可能高達45萬美元(約新台幣1431萬元)。波登表示,「Next」計畫還規劃了額外投資,將使單間美國餐廳的總升級費用達到約80萬美元,並將「隨著時間逐步實施」。
麥當勞的美國門市絕大多數採加盟制營運。資料顯示,在2025年,麥當勞全球營收中有超過60%來自加盟店。
麥當勞股價在23日午盤過後重挫6.4%。
AI outlook — possibilities, not facts
麦当劳美国市场年增长率将恢复至历史平均3%-4%的水平
Possible · Within years

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