McDonald's makeover in Europe increases sales

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A young girl eats next to a fireplace at the newly designed interior of the McDonalds fast food restaurant in Wolfratshausen south of Munich June 27, 2007. McDonald's Corp. is conducting an experiment that counters the fast-food, drive-through image of the world's biggest restaurant company. The McDonald's restaurant here has a fireplace, leather sofas, wooden floors, vases with plastic flowers and a McCafe, where it serves pastry, tiramisu and cappuccino on china. The experiment is part of McDonald's Europe's strategy to create a more restaurant-like, sit-down eating experience. REUTERS/Michaela Rehle