UAE McDonald's sales slow

Rafic Fakih, managing director of McDonald's Emirates, has said that sales at its outlets open more than a year grew by just 4% last year, down from 14% growth in 2008, The National has reported. "We didn't see a big difference among our customers that live in the UAE, but the major decline came from [the lack of] visitors," he said. McDonald's, which now has 72 outlets in the country after opening 11 branches last year, plans to open 14 new stores, mainly in the capital.