Should coffee shops be capitalized?

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I for one am a huge fan of coffee shops… nothing better than drinking an iced chai latte while reading a good book or a newspaper in a quiet setting with fragrant aromas sweeping the air …

now imagine this in a mcDonalds… hard to believe but MickyD’s thinks that they can bing the same feel to their coffe shops…McCafe. i don’t think so … instead of coffee aromas… there will be grease smells… instead of luscious quiet… there will be screaming kids whinig about not getting the right toy in their happy meal…

i believe this is wrong to try to franchise what was meant to be a unique experience at every shoppe. (starbucks excluded… they are more of a caffeine refill station than a coffe shoppe) they are local and warm an inviting… you can’t duplicate that.

what do ya’ll think?

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Coffee has been “capitalized” already. Most successful, “unique” shops are actually chains or franchises. Beaners, Starbucks, etc…

Let McDonald’s do what they will – no one’s going to force you to change your drinking habits and adapt to McCafe. If it brings in more money, fine.

Personally, I think the losers that spend $300/lb. on some special roast are just that – losers.

One nice thing (for the war driver in all of us) will be a proliferation of wireless internet sites. Guaranteed no one in that place is going to know what wireless packet sniffing is – so you can just decrypt a username/password and use it for free (if it isn’t already). And not a burger-flipper in the world is going to try and stop you, he’s not getting paid enough to do so. :wink:

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i hear you on that with the wardriving

YEAH my 100th post… YEAH:)…:D…:wink:

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McDonalds tries to do everything. We had a McDonald’s Diner in our town for a few years.

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LOL what, do ythey just cook the food while your there instead of before?.. we have a chipolte and a mcdonalds near where i live. (chipolte is mexican food… owned by mcdonalds)

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darn. I thought we were talking of COFFEE SHOPS. The ones you find in Holland. Those DEFINITELY need to be capitalized.

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yo… ty pomme
lets stay on coffee shops
[h]stay on target[/h]

heeheee now i get to use the super cool hijack graphic

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I’ve been to a McCafe in Sydney, seemed pretty good to me.

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I’m all for more options in coffee shops. There are times when I want to get coffee and get out, and there are times when I would prefer sitting around and not be in a hurry to leave. So, McDonalds would be great for quick coffee refills, while a neighborhood or local coffee shop would be good to relax.

I would be upset if McDonald’s is able to undercut other, less trafficked coffeeshops with lower prices and cause them to close - Wal-Mart style. With that said, StarBucks really isn’t a bad place, and it’ll take a while before McDonalds is able to put a dent in StarBucks :jag:

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LOL what, do ythey just cook the food while your there instead of before?

Yes… Just about all the Maccas I know make your burgers while you wait, there are no more cutes full of burgers here. (chips is still a crap shoot)

As for Mc Cafe, I am all for it, I go to Maccas a lot more than I go to a coffee shop, and it is nice to get a cake and frape or something. If it wasn’t there I wouldn’t go drive to a coffee shop. And as I live a 1 min drive from Maccas, I have popped in for a late night snack plenty of times.

Only prob is that a piece of cake is like $4… I can go to the “Cheese cake shop” and get half a cheese cake for $8… Yeah I know… but a few times when I was about to buy 1 slice at Maccas I thought screw that, I will go get a half… then end up buying a whole one anyway. :smiley: