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McCafe prices

ms traditional — Thu, 23 Feb 2017 20:25:45 GMT

i see that McDonald's will be pricing their McCafe drinks at $2 for a while starting in April, along with other drinks at $1. sounds like a temporary break for all those looking for a well priced alternative to those high priced Starbucks drinks.

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beckyb1012 — Thu, 23 Feb 2017 20:30:04 GMT

I was quite surprised when I saw the below article in Forbes last December about McDonald's but if they can pull it off, good for them.

McDonald's wants to be new Starbucks.

http://fortune.com/2016/12/05/mcdonalds-coffee-starbucks-dunkin-donuts/

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brandiwine — Thu, 23 Feb 2017 20:36:36 GMT

This has been going on in the Denver area for a while now. Really nice

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traveler — Thu, 23 Feb 2017 20:44:36 GMT

We've changed to McCafe. Not as many choices like white chocolate mocha but mocha is good and priced right.

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ms traditional — Thu, 23 Feb 2017 20:45:52 GMT

@brandiwine wrote:
This has been going on in the Denver area for a while now. Really nice

@brandiwinesounds like you were a test area. did they get more business from you because of it?

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Love my grandkids — Thu, 23 Feb 2017 20:57:29 GMT

Here in my city in WA state we often get price breaks on McCafe drinks (I'm NOT in Seattle). I don't care for Starbucks and love love the mocha frappe that McDonald's does.

Think I'll get one tomorrow!

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Melania — Thu, 23 Feb 2017 21:09:13 GMT

This is not new. It's been going on for quite awhile.

My complaint is they don't make their specialty drinks in decaf or skinny.

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ms traditional — Thu, 23 Feb 2017 21:29:57 GMT

@Melania wrote:
This is not new. It's been going on for quite awhile.
My complaint is they don't make their specialty drinks in decaf or skinny.

i don't think it has been national which might be the point. i am not aware of it in metropolitan Los Angeles - but i don't go to McDonald's that often. but since they announced it as a promotion i expect quite a few areas are paying higher prices at present. glad to have some good news for the boards!

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PurpleBunny — Thu, 23 Feb 2017 21:28:41 GMT

I was a die-hard Dunks customer and now I get McD's coffee. For the savings in price, it's totally worth it.

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123SuzyQ123 — Thu, 23 Feb 2017 21:50:56 GMT

I tried the McDonald's coffee at the drive-thru a few weeks ago for the first time (because I always have all my coffee here at home), and found it to be quite good! So, the next time I was at my grocery store, I bought a BAG of it (quite expensive - about $7.00 a bag) and made it at home. Was shocked that it tastes nothing like the cup I got at the McDonald's! I won't be buying a bag of it anymore, but I will drive-thru and get a cup occasionally!

Anyone else find it to taste different?

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muttmom — Thu, 23 Feb 2017 22:31:38 GMT

I went into Mc Donald's and watched a girl make my mocha latte. She put 2 pumps of chocolate syrup into the cup before she added the coffee. I took 1 sip and tossed it on my way out the door.

I don't know what I was expecting as I've never seen another mocha latte made but this one was awful.

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Puzzle Piece — Thu, 23 Feb 2017 22:46:04 GMT

I don't drink coffee.

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SusieQ_2 — Thu, 23 Feb 2017 22:52:56 GMT

@ms traditional wrote:
@brandiwine wrote:
This has been going on in the Denver area for a while now. Really nice
@brandiwinesounds like you were a test area. did they get more business from you because of it?

It's been going on here for a long time too. Actually it lasted a long time, stopped for a couple months, and now it's back. Sorry to say it works on me, especially in summer when I always stop in for a diet coke.

My daughter once said to me "Mom, you'll by anything for a buck."

She has a point.

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hopi — Thu, 23 Feb 2017 22:56:58 GMT

McDonalds makes an excellent cup of regular coffee at regular prices.

Use to be a DD fan but the price is stupid and to many days it tastes off.

Like that McD makes the coffee fresh every half hour.

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chrystaltree — Thu, 23 Feb 2017 22:57:43 GMT

It's ot new here either, it's been going on for a while now.

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Venezia — Thu, 23 Feb 2017 23:03:56 GMT

@muttmom wrote:
I went into Mc Donald's and watched a girl make my mocha latte. She put 2 pumps of chocolate syrup into the cup before she added the coffee. I took 1 sip and tossed it on my way out the door.

I don't know what I was expecting as I've never seen another mocha latte made but this one was awful.

I don't understand why you wouldn't have taken it back and gotten a refund. I've never known McD's not to stand behind their products - even if you just don't like it! It's not like you'd driven away before you realized you didn't like it.

I prefer their regular coffee to any of the other chains and I occasionally have the specialty drinks. Never had a problem with how they taste.

I'm also a DDs fan but a couple of times recently I've ordered a caramel macchiato and heaven knows what I got! In both cases, I took it back to the counter.

And the reduced prices have only just been announced today where I live, so it's "new" for some of us and not for others.

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151949 — Thu, 23 Feb 2017 23:05:43 GMT

@Melania wrote:
This is not new. It's been going on for quite awhile.
My complaint is they don't make their specialty drinks in decaf or skinny.

I agree - one of the first things we were told at preventing diabetes class was the calories and fat in one of these drinks is a entire days worth of both.YIKES.

When I was working I would stop at the coffee cart and get a mocha latte & a big muffin on my way in to work in the morning knowing that would be my last meal - often until the next day - because I'd go home too tired to eat after 12 or maybe up to 24 hours later. I used to survive on regular Pepsi - caffine & sugar in one bottle.

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151949 — Thu, 23 Feb 2017 23:09:42 GMT

@muttmom What did you think a mocha latte was? It is expresso,chocolate and steamed milk.

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muttmom — Thu, 23 Feb 2017 23:11:26 GMT

@Venezia wrote:
@muttmom wrote:
I went into Mc Donald's and watched a girl make my mocha latte. She put 2 pumps of chocolate syrup into the cup before she added the coffee. I took 1 sip and tossed it on my way out the door.

I don't know what I was expecting as I've never seen another mocha latte made but this one was awful.
I don't understand why you wouldn't have taken it back and gotten a refund. I've never known McD's not to stand behind their products - even if you just don't like it! It's not like you'd driven away before you realized you didn't like it.

I prefer their regular coffee to any of the other chains and I occasionally have the specialty drinks. Never had a problem with how they taste.

I'm also a DDs fan but a couple of times recently I've ordered a caramel macchiato and heaven knows what I got! In both cases, I took it back to the counter.

And the reduced prices have only just been announced today where I live, so it's "new" for some of us and not for others.

@Venezia

The counter girl did nothing wrong. I just didn't like it. It was totally on me. As I'd never ordered a mocha latte at Mc D's before, I had nothing to compare it to.

I know many people love their regular coffee and have 2 coffee drinking friends that switched from their beloved DD to Mc D's.

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muttmom — Thu, 23 Feb 2017 23:19:27 GMT

@151949 wrote:
@muttmom What did you think a mocha latte was? It is expresso,chocolate and steamed milk.

You are right. I never watched another chain make a mocha latte. I just didn't care for this version. The eSpresso was weak so maybe too much syrup. It had no whipped cream on it and other chains put a dollup on top.

McDonald's did nothing wrong. I just did not like their mocha latte.