in the U.S. the company-operted margin paercent decreasaed in 2014 due to the impact of negative comparable guest counts and higher commodity and labor costs partly offset by a higher average check the margin percent decreased in 2013 primarily due to higher labor commodity costs and other operating costs
europe's company-operated margin percent decreased in 2014 reflecting weaker results in russia and Ukraine as a challenging operating environment negatively impacted comparable sales performance and weaker currencies impacted imported commodity costs the margin percent increased in 2013 due to the positive impact of sales performance in russia the U.S.and france mostly offset by higher commodity and occupancy costs
in APMEA the company-operated margin percent decrased in 2014 primarily due to the negative impact of the supplier issue in china and certain other markts the margin percent deceased in 2013 primarily due to higher labor occupancy and other costs and negative comparable guest counts partly offset by a higher average check