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McDonald’s Said to Be Making Recipe Changes

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From Dow Jones Newswire

McDonald’s Corp. is tinkering with its primary product -- the hamburger -- in its effort to stimulate sales.

Beef patties will get a reformulated seasoning mix and new sandwich buns will be rolled out next year, a memorandum sent to franchisees disclosed.

The memo also indicated that, despite some misgivings among franchisees as well as on Wall Street, the chain’s Dollar Menu will be maintained -- and will get a big slice of the company’s 2003 advertising budget. McDonald’s declined to comment.

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Shares of Oak Brook, Ill.-based McDonald’s fell 7 cents to $15.48 on the NYSE.

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