McDonald's
,
the
fast
-
food
____________________
,
is
heating
up
competition
with
the
Starbucks
Coffee
Company
.
McDonald's
plans
to
put
____________________
bars
in
its
fourteen
thousand
____________________
in
the
United
States
.
Fewer
than
a
thousand
now
offer
____________________
coffee
drinks
like
lattes
and
cappuccinos
.
Just
like
Starbucks
,
each
coffee
bar
would
have
its
own
____________________
,
the
person
who
makes
and
serves
the
____________________
.
Company
documents
reported
by
the
Wall
Street
Journal
said
the
plan
would
add
one
billion
dollars
a
year
in
____________________
.
McDonald's
has
____________________
several
years
of
strong
____________________
.
The
company
had
almost
twenty
-
two
billion
dollars
in
sales
in
two
thousand
six
.
Still
,
the
move
to
compete
against
Starbucks
carries
some
____________________
.
Some
experts
say
it
could
slow
down
____________________
at
McDonald's
restaurants
.
And
some
people
who
are
happy
with
McDonald's
the
way
it
is
now
may
not
like
the
changes
.
As
early
as
two
thousand
one
the
company
tested
McCafes
in
the
United
States
to
sell
specialty
coffee
at
McDonald's
____________________
.
But
the
drinks
were
not
available
at
the
drive
-
through
____________________
that
provide
two
-
thirds
of
its
business
.
McDonald's
thinks
its
new
plan
has
a
greater
chance
of
success
.
Starbucks
,
on
the
other
hand
,
has
faced
slower
growth
and
increasing
____________________
.
Its
stock
has
lost
about
half
its
value
since
last
January
.
Starbucks
has
about
ten
____________________
stores
in
the
United
States
.
Its
high
-
priced
coffee
drinks
have
names
like
Iced
Peppermint
White
Chocolate
Mocha
and
Double
____________________
Chip
Frappuccino
.
Lately
Starbucks
has
added
more
____________________
,
including
breakfast
foods
,
and
put
drive
-
through
windows
in
some
stores
.
This
week
,
the
company
replaced
its
chief
____________________
officer
,
bringing
back
former
C
.
E
.
O
.
Howard
Schultz
.
He
remains
____________________
of
the
board
.
He
joined
Starbucks
in
nineteen
eighty
-
two
,
when
it
had
just
four
stores
.
He
is
____________________
with
building
the
Seattle
company
into
an
____________________
success
story
.
But
a
year
ago
he
____________________
that
its
fast
growth
had
led
to
what
he
called
the
watering
down
of
the
Starbucks
____________________
.
Some
neighborhoods
have
a
Starbucks
on
every
block
or
two
.
Now
,
Starbucks
will
speed
up
its
international
growth
while
slowing
its
____________________
in
the
United
States
.
Millions
of
people
have
a
____________________
for
Starbucks
.
But
last
year
,
McDonald's
____________________
coffee
got
some
good
press
.
Testers
from
Consumer
____________________
thought
it
tasted
better
than
Starbucks
,
and
it
____________________
less
.
And
that's
the
VOA
Special
English
Economics
Report
,
written
by
Mario
Ritter
.
I'm
Steve
Ember
.
