McDonald's and Burger King both turning into Starbuck's

Lol, is that why they're putting a McDonald's in the Louvre?

http://www.eatmedaily.com/2009/10/mcdonalds-to-open-at-the-louvre/

  On 10/7/2009 at 2:01 PM, mafted said:

Starbucks is good coffee. McDonalds' coffee is good coffee.

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I don't know how their in-shop coffee tastes, but store bought Starbucks coffee tastes godawful.

i was in new york a couple of months ago and learned that american coffee (well, ny coffee atleast) sucks ballsack no matter where you get it.

  On 10/7/2009 at 4:29 PM, kaini said:

  On 10/7/2009 at 2:01 PM, mafted said:

Starbucks is good coffee. McDonalds' coffee is good coffee.

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What makes you say it's not?

because it isn't

I dont think ive eaten at these places since i saw Fast Food Nation. "there's too much shit in the burgers". Exactly.

yeah this redesign sucks. no play area = no supple eight year olds.

  On 10/7/2009 at 4:40 PM, data said:

i was in new york a couple of months ago and learned that american coffee (well, ny coffee atleast) sucks ballsack no matter where you get it.

You have to try really hard to find good coffee on the east coast. Seattle, Portland, and San Francisco have great coffee because you can grow it year round.

And with that said, Dunkin Donuts > Starbucks. At least DD isn't trying to convince you they're not a money hungry corporation.

  On 10/7/2009 at 8:25 PM, Braintree said:

You have to try really hard to find good coffee on the east coast. Seattle, Portland, and San Francisco have great coffee because you can grow it year round.

 

And with that said, Dunkin Donut's sausage, egg, and cheese croissant > Starbucks. At least DD isn't trying to convince you they're not a money hungry corporation.

^ careted for truth

  On 10/7/2009 at 7:25 PM, Rubin Farr said:

I dont think ive eaten at these places since i saw Fast Food Nation.

Ditto.

  On 10/8/2009 at 1:56 AM, Mesh Gear Fox said:

  On 10/7/2009 at 4:15 PM, Joyrex said:

  On 10/7/2009 at 1:22 PM, joshuatxuk said:

I've just seen mcdonalds upgrade their coffee machines in the last year or so...and it's actually alright and a lot cheaper than Starbucks.

 

Oh well, I live in a state with Whataburger, so this is all irrelevant to me for the most part.

 

Amen, fellow Texas brother. Who needs to worry about McDonalds when you have the best burger in the Southwest.

 

And McDonald's new coffee offerings are not only cheaper than Starbucks, but they're better tasting, as verified by independent taste tests.

 

  On 10/7/2009 at 2:01 PM, mafted said:

ehh, yea, whatever. people just like good coffee. Starbucks is good coffee. McDonalds' coffee is good coffee. there's really not much more to it.

 

Well, the one thing I do like about McDonald's approach to coffee is they're not selling a "attitude" or "lifestyle" like Starbucks is... they're just selling coffee, and using appropriate advertising and visuals to help sell it. I doubt anyone who drinks McDonald's coffee hangs out inside after getting it.

I drink coffee daily, brewed at home. When I go to Starbucks, it's to buy a frappacino, which is absurd thing to buy from a "coffeeshop" anyway. I've had McDonalds coffee in college b/c it was the only place open and on the way to work.

Here in Austin, TX there are a ton of local cafes and coffee shops with a loyal customer base of anti-corporate folks, counter-culture types, university students, hippies, hipsters, granolas, foodies, etc. Most shops are going broke because so many alt lifestyle consumers hang out, use wi-fi all day, and never buy more than a cup of coffee.

My point? People like tasty coffee and enough don't give a shit about who sells it. BK and McDonalds got smart and hell, good for them for outdoing Starbucks. As an alternative, most American towns have at least a local cafe. Or a gas station. I saw Fast Food Nation and still eat fast food on occasion. The problem are not the restaurants, it's fucktard lazy Americans; anyone who saw Idiocracy knows what I mean.

Sorry for the length there.

I don't care if it tastes good or bad, all I need is my dose of caffeine.

McDonalds coffee is caffeine free.

  On 10/8/2009 at 5:44 AM, abusivegeorge said:

McDonalds coffee is caffeine free.

nonsense as usual

  On 10/8/2009 at 6:36 AM, Philip Glass said:

  On 10/8/2009 at 5:44 AM, abusivegeorge said:

McDonalds coffee is caffeine free.

 

 

 

nonsense as usual

Did you just sigh at the internets? lol

I sigh on behalf of the intrawebs

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  On 10/8/2009 at 8:00 AM, abusivegeorge said:

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it's just a refurb innit? they've got to spend their gazillions somehow.

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