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<p>McDonald&#8217;s has hailed a record year in the UK as the fast food giant reported a 9% rise in worldwide profits during 2010.</p>
<p>The US-based company said the UK business grew in the fourth quarter to December despite a &#8220;tough market&#8221; &#8211; marking its 18th quarter of growth in a row.</p>
<p>Last month&#8217;s UK snow chaos and extreme winter weather across countries such as Germany saw a more challenging fourth quarter in Europe, with the region&#8217;s comparable sales growth slowing to 3.4% from 4.1% in the previous three months.</p>
<p>But Jill McDonald, chief executive of McDonald&#8217;s in the UK, said it was another &#8220;strong quarter&#8221; of growth for the UK.</p>
<p>&#8220;We succeeded in growing our business and gaining market share from competitors in a tough market,&#8221; she said.</p>
<p>The group served 80 million more UK customers than in 2009. It opened another six UK restaurants and plans further expansion in 2011 that will see 3,000 jobs created.</p>
<p>Restaurant openings for the year ahead include aims to launch 10 new motorway sites in partnership with Roadchef.</p>
<p>Annual figures showed the world&#8217;s biggest burger chain made net profits of 4.95 billion US dollars (£3.1 billion) in 2010 across its entire business, up from 4.55 billion (£2.85 billion) in 2009.</p>
<p>Fourth quarter profits and sales growth slowed sharply, although McDonald&#8217;s maintained growth while competitors such as Burger King have struggled. </p>
<p>The group said its US sales were hit by bad weather in December. It expects global comparable sales growth of between 4% and 5% in January.</p>
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