During the economic downturns of 2008 and 2009, many US restaurant companies struggled to avoid heavy losses. However, some stil
l managed to outperform the market and even made large profits in the midst of widespread economic difficulties. McDonald's was one such company..."(Yoon et al, 2013)
If you are asking/wondering if this affected their business(ess) then I would have to say yes. I said yes because it says "Many US restaurant companies struggled to avoid heavy losses." (key word(s) is/are Avoid and Struggled to) which means some of them, including McDonalds probably did avoid this and some other McDonald's didn't avoid this.
(hope I answered this for you and if so I hope I did a good job)
I would choose to interview Katie Ledecky. I would ask her what advice she would give someone wanting to pursue something new. I would ask this question because Katie has a lot of determination. She also puts a lot of effort into everything she does and I think she would have good advice.
