Thursday, June 9, 2011

McDonald’s—The New Starbucks???

Meh!  I don’t know about that, but still!

We have all seen it.  Mickey-Dee’s came out of no where with the Frappe (which I LOVE) and their iced coffee drinks.  They have a whole new coffee “bar” to choose from!  And let’s face it—they are a lot faster with the drive-thru than most “Bucks” I have been to.  Not only that, many people I know LOVE the McD’s coffee much better than the Buck!  Let’s take this a little further and venture to say, in this economy, it’s a tough sell for a $4 coffee over a $2 coffee that’s just as bangin’!

However, this isn’t the only thing I have noticed recently.  On an early morning run to the  “D” due to a lack of grocery shopping, I noticed that there were a lot of 20-somethings in the “dining room” (if we can call it that).  All of them were single seaters on their computers and I thought, “What the heck?” until I saw the sign on the door that said free Wi-Fi! 

So, there you have it—where the Buck used to be the place to be, I clearly didn’t know that there had been a shift in the coffee, studying, free Wi-Fi world.  I know that neither one will “kill” the other one.  The Buck will continue to be the Buck and McD’s will continue to be McD’s—and that’s ok!

1 comment:

rachel said...

hey char, i didn't know your blog was on blogger. when i came over from FB it was on a site called Tumblr (or something like that). I am not on FB much and i wasn't sure if i could post comments through blogger. anyway, very cool! now i know where to catch pics of you guys!

hugs!