It would be weird if the CEO of a restaurant giant didn’t eat the food his own company serves. But that’s definitely not an issue for the head of McDonald’s.
“I would tell you it’s a lot, probably three or four times a week,” he said. “Sometimes it might be a breakfast. Sometimes it might be a lunch. But hey, one of the perks of the job—you get to eat at McDonald’s a lot.”
Since it seems to come with the territory, other CEOs have also shared some of their eating habits at the restaurants they run.
“It’s probably a little too much food for my age,” Niccol told Fortune last year. “But, you know, it’s hard to resist.”
Meanwhile, Kempczinski is navigating a tricky restaurant landscape as inflation remains sticky while customers continue to look to McDonald’s for affordable food.
Kempczinski acknowledged the issue, saying on an earnings that “you’re seeing combo meals priced over $10, and that absolutely is negatively shaping value perceptions.”
“Particularly with middle- and lower-income consumers, they’re feeling under a lot of pressure right now,” he added. ”There’s a lot of commentary around, ‘What’s the state of the economy, how’s it doing right now?’ And what we see is, it’s really kind of a two-tier economy. If you’re upper-income, earning over $100,000, things are good … What we see with middle- and lower-income consumers, it’s actually a different story.”
