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Mark Kalinowski
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Kalinowski Equity Research LLC provides its clients with value-added, forward-looking information that helps them make informed decisions about restaurant-stock investing.

Starbucks Corp. (SBUX)
Mark Kalinowski

SBUX: Time to Re-Examine This Long-Discontinued Menu Platform?

Fortunately for Starbucks, beverages in general have become a growth category within the limited-service restaurant format. This helps Starbucks because that concept is the largest beverage-centric concept in the U.S. restaurant industry. Unfortunately for Starbucks, it faces growing competition both from up-and-coming beverage-centric concepts (such as Dutch Bros and 7 Brew), as well as food-centric concepts which have expanded their beverage offerings (such as McDonald’s and Taco Bell).

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McDonald's Corp (MCD)
Mark Kalinowski

MCD: Adjusting Our Forecasts; Would the Straw Hat Pirates Approve?

Back on August 4th, McDonald’s management commented that “In late April, we augmented our McValue program with a new under $3 Every Day Affordable Price or EDAP menu…. We also added a $4 Breakfast Meal Deal. Inconsistent restaurant level execution of the EDAP menu and consumer awareness levels below target resulted in lower incrementality than we expected. At the same time, the business pulled back on digital offers and removed our Buy One, Add One for $1 feature to offset the investment behind McValue. In combination, all of these factors negatively impacted visits from some of our most loyal customers. We estimate that these value execution factors accounted for about 2/3 of the customer traffic underperformance relative to our expectations for the quarter. The remainder of our underperformance can largely be attributed to our FIFA campaign in June. While the campaign provided a lift to the business and generated excellent system excitement, the campaign underperformed versus our expectations.”

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