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05/12/08 4:32 PM

#769 RE: frankie_fillet #768

re: "...where is management during all this? sipping coffee at the cafe?"

The cafe isn't open yet. They would have had to go to McDonalds. <g>

Come to think of it, that could be another problem. MCD has a growing presence in China. Starbucks sales are getting decimated by MCD's introduction of inexpensive "gourmet" coffee to their menu.

Of course, that's over here. People are cutting back due to the faltering US economy, trying to spend less. Over there, middle class is growing, Chinese economy and domestic spending on consumer goods and so forth continues to expand. Supposedly GWDC has a tariff advantage over starbucks but considering the poor performance so far, hard to say how much that is going to help...