- McDonald's (MCD +0.1%) says it will stick with its Chinese meat provider despite a government investigation into practices at a facility that allegedly used expired meat.
- Industry experts say MCD's decision, while tough for consumers to swallow, is understandable, since MCD likely can figure out how to solve an isolated management problem at a single plant faster than it can take on new suppliers that may have other problems.
- U.S.-based OSI Group, which owns the Shanghai facility at issue, has been a long-time MCD partner in China and last year opened its ninth and 10th processing plants in the country.