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Mickey D Starbucks
Today, Starbucks announces its latest innovation: Becoming McDonald's. Starbucks will offer "value" meals that combine coffee and breakfast foods for $3.95. The company isn't calling them "value" meals - that would be unseemly - but Starbucks obviously realizes that people aren't going to keep paying $6 for a hard boiled egg and some grapes. And McDonald's is clearly putting it to them with their cheaper "premium" coffees. This whole thing just reinforces my prediction that Starbucks and McDonald's are hurtling toward some kind of galactic war in the year 2030. Either that... or a merger.
(Scott Eklund, Seattle Post-Intelligencer)
I find both franchises absolutely fascinating. I eat very healthy but I can't resist an occasional McD's treat and I'm also hooked on Starbucks. These organizations are brilliant.
Merger is pretty interesting thing to imagine. I bet it'd be a hit.
My husband made a New Year's Resolution to stop buying Starbucks coffee. So far he has been successful in beating his unreasonable addiction to overpriced coffee-based drinks, and he is thrilled that he's been saving so much money by doing so. And it doesn't hurt that being thrify is currently the "in" thing to do...
The most I've ever paid for a large coffee at Starbucks is two bucks. But all I get is the coffee, which I then tart up with the nutmeg and half-and half. A nice treat when on the road. I like lattes but I'm too cheap to get them out more than two or three times a year.
McD's coffee is better than it used to be but it's still hit or miss.
