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The joke is that McDonald's spends hundreds of thousands of dollars to identify new locations - traffic studies, visibility, demographics, nearby traffic generators, site characteristics, drive-thru feasibility, etc. They have one of the most rigorous processes in the industry. Burger King's process is to open a location across the street.


I think the story was Starbucks -> Seattle's Best Coffee, not McD's --> BK. but it does work I guess.


I actually heard it as Walgreen's -> CVS


makes me wonder if the starbucks story is fiction too :P




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