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The layoffs, reported to the state of Illinois under the
federal Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification Act, will
be effective Feb. 16, said Heidi Barker, a McDonald's
spokeswoman, on Thursday.
McDonald's plans to "redirect nearly $100 million in savings
toward business priorities, such as digital and new restaurant
platforms, that will support our key growth drivers," Barker
said in a statement on McDonald's website.
The world's biggest fast-food chain by revenue has not reported
a gain in monthly sales at established U.S. restaurants since
October 2013. Later this month, it is expected to report that
2014 was one of its worst performance years in history.
McDonald's employs roughly 1,700 workers at its headquarters in
Oak Brook, Illinois, a Chicago suburb.
(Reporting by Lisa Baertlein in Los Angeles; editing by Gunna
Dickson)
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