McDonald's coffee bars to take on Starbucks

Discussion in 'Wall St. News' started by S2007S, Jan 7, 2008.

  1. fact is, starbuck fans will NOT GO to mcdonalds--regardless of marketing savy on MCD part. MCD will pick up segments of the Dunkin donut crowd, perhaps.

    surf
     
    #11     Jan 7, 2008
  2. Excellent point.

    DD has the best coffee too.. ahh sipping on some right now, home brewed baby.
     
    #12     Jan 7, 2008

  3. i drink the green tea---good stuff.

    XM radio now has a "starbucks" dedicated channel.


    surf
     
    #13     Jan 7, 2008
  4. If you're drinking your coffee in the cafe, then there is the ambience thing. However, I don't think that counts for much if you're buying coffee to go. Like nutmeg, I think that MCD has a shot at getting some of Starbucks' take out crowd if they get their coffee right. If.
     
    #14     Jan 7, 2008
  5. GTG

    GTG

    I wonder if they will be serving Egg McMuffins at the McDonalds coffee shops?
     
    #15     Jan 7, 2008
  6. Good point. I have always been amazed at how businesses' lose track of what business they are in.
     
    #16     Jan 7, 2008
  7. IF=extra caffeine
     
    #17     Jan 7, 2008
  8. Right, it's not the experience, it's the incremental revenue of a truck driver sitting in a MCD in lieu of drive-thru.
     
    #18     Jan 7, 2008
  9. The shops will be in the full-line restaurants.
     
    #19     Jan 7, 2008
  10. Absolutely.


    I'll bet MCD would have 50% market share in 6 months if they laced their java with 2 caps of AMP. :D
     
    #20     Jan 7, 2008