McDonald’s to launch table service in Ireland

Table service is to be rolled out across McDonald’s Irish restaurants on the back of the operation here bucking the fast food giant’s global trend and increasing sales in the past year.

Globally, McDonald’s suffered a downturn in sales last year, decreasing by $665m to $27.4bn but here revenues increased by 3% to €80.8m.

New accounts for McDonald’s Restaurants of Ireland Ltd show that increased costs, including a €9m spend on three new outlets, resulted in pre-tax profits declining by 8.6% to €13.6m last year.