Comments on: Starbucks Tries to Out-McDonald’s McDonald’s

By: Max Rommel

Max Rommel — Mon, 15 Jun 2009 03:58:43 +0000

Starbuck’s “Baristas” are overpaid waitresses. Give me a break. Cut their pay in half and lower the price of your coffee. Get a grip seattle, we aren’t fools. You charge way too much because you insist on paying a “living wage.” These are entry level jobs. Idiots.

By: Ulysses

Ulysses — Sat, 26 Apr 2008 20:10:08 +0000

If they pay their baristas minimum wage they’ll lose a significant amount of personnel, hurting customer service in those stores.

By: Max Rommel

Max Rommel — Sat, 26 Apr 2008 16:47:48 +0000

McDonald’s makes crappy food but people buy it. Starbuck’s is expensive and McDonald’s will hurt them quite a bit. Starbucks needs to pay it’s baristas minimum wage and do some other cost cutting.

By: Patti

Patti — Thu, 24 Apr 2008 00:46:04 +0000

While I like Starbucks (but prefer Grounds for Change), when traveling it seems that McDonald’s coffee has always been across-the-board consistent and reliably decent. Seems like a logical move for McD – Starbucks needs to get a grip anyway. Never good for a company to rely on the success of the past.

By: Brent

Brent — Thu, 24 Apr 2008 00:32:16 +0000

Seriously, how stupid is it for McDonald’s to try to even compete with the coffee market. They can’t make a good hamburger let alone a drinkable coffee. Also, the idea of saying that people who like good coffee should stop being snobs and drink the cheap crap we make seems counterproductive as a marketing tool. But hey, pushing unhealthy disgusting food has worked so far, maybe they know something about the average American others don’t.

By: Ulysses

Ulysses — Wed, 23 Apr 2008 21:18:30 +0000

Oh man. That’s scary stuff. It’s like watching Hitler get elected: the seeds of war beginning to bud.

By: Rachel C

Rachel C — Wed, 23 Apr 2008 20:46:31 +0000

If you ask me, Starbucks was begging for it…