mcstarbucks

[david sumner]

There seems to be a lot of changes in the works at McDonald's lately - switching to trans-fat-free oil, introducing Eco-friendly coffee in the U.K., and even the possibility of selling prepackaged convenience beverages to consumers who would otherwise have to make a pit stop elsewhere to pick up their favorite bottled or canned drink.

Now, in an effort to attract visitors throughout the day rather than just at regular meal times, McDonald's is planning the introduction of "destination beverages" such as smoothies, lattes, iced coffee and other specialty drinks. And that's not all -- if you are the sort of person who likes something sweet to go along with your latte, they'll soon be offering a "cinnamon melt" -- described by the company as "a warm, pull-apart sweet roll with cinnamon glaze."

Does this all sound strangely familiar? I can't help but visualize Starbucks when I read the above. What is next? Big comfy chairs and couches in your local McDonald's restaurant? Dimmed lights and jazz music in the background? No word yet on when the specialty drinks will be available, but they do plan to have the cinnamon melt in select stores by the summer.

[Morphine Child]

That's so weird. The other day I was buying a Mediocre McDonald's coffee and thinking about how convenient it would be to have a Starbucks within there. Then I started thinking about how when I worked at Wendy's I said it was important that they start preparing good coffee and work their way into espresso beverages. But no one listened!

[Oliver's Army]

Its still staffed by apathetic morons.

Give a *real* barista to make my coffees and not some mouth-breathing, methadone-chugging ex-carny.

[Krieves]

Give a *real* barista to make my coffees and not some mouth-breathing, methadone-chugging ex-carny.

LOL.