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What I would say is we certainly believe the most significant events are behind us, and the work to do right now is focused on restoring consumer confidence, getting our U.S. business back to that strong momentum that I just talked about,
Borden said
The recent spate of E. coli cases is deeply concerning, and hearing reports of how this has impacted our customers has been wrenching for us,
Kempczinski saidHow we've handled the issue, now that we're moving ... we view it as being behind us,
Kempczinski said on the company's call on TuesdayIt’s been definitely a roller coaster from the time that we’ve gotten here until now. Every day has been new tests or new things that pop up, or it’s basically watching her body just not work,
Randall said
I think it was day six that she said: ‘Something’s not right. I don’t feel good. I need to go back to the hospital,
Randall saidWe both kind of thought I just had a fever, like just the flu or something — a stomach bug,
Kamberlyn saidIf she would have waited, if I would have waited longer, she could not be here right now,
Randall saidWe know that people and families have been significantly impacted, and the well-being of our customers is deeply important to us,
the email saidIt’s going to be a lot more cases in this outbreak than 75,
he said, referring to the latest case tally from the CDCWe’re not really sure what it’s going to look like for her moving forward, ... She’ll probably have to do another round of dialysis. We’re hoping that that’s the last one, but we also don’t know, and we don’t know if there’s going to be future issues.”
she said, addingIt’s not predictable, and the pre-existing health of the patient is really important,
she saidIt’s a rare complication, but it is definitely something that can occur. Unfortunately, some people end up with decreased kidney function or permanent renal failure,
she saidWe hope that through these lawsuits and others that we can figure out exactly where the breakdown was so we can fix it and just make sure it doesn’t happen to anyone else,
he saidOver the weekend, McDonald’s was informed that the Colorado Department of Agriculture has completed their testing, the results of which confirm that there was no detection of E. coli in the samples taken of Quarter Pounder beef patties from restaurants in this area. We’ve been informed there is no further testing planned for beef patties,
Piña wrote
Due to the product actions taken by both companies, CDC believes the risk to the public is very low,
its website readThe issue appears to be contained to a particular ingredient and geography, and we remain very confident that any contaminated product related to this outbreak has been removed from our supply chain and is out of all McDonald's restaurants,
the company said in a statement Sunday
On behalf of the McDonald's system, I want you to hear from me: we are sorry,
Erlinger said in a video posted to the company's websiteWe are concerned that reports of an E. coli outbreak ... could pose a major threat to consumer sentiment and McDonald's U.S. comparable sales,
Baird analyst David Tarantino wrote in a note last weekMcDonald's traffic was anemic before this incident, so any extended negative publicity could only make it more difficult to reignite sales in this environment,
BTIG analyst Peter Saleh saidWhile we expect much of the (McDonald's conference) call's focus to be on any fallout from the recent E. coli news, we also expect any fallout to be minimal and short-lived,
according to Wedbush