How many McDonald’s restaurants now offer specialty drinks?

McDonald’s is heating up competition with the Starbucks Coffee Company.McDonald’s plans to put coffee bars in its fourteen thousand restaurants in the United States.  Fewer than a thousand now offer specialty coffee drinks like lattes and cappuccinos. Just like Starbucks, each coffee bar would have its own barista, the person who makes and serves the drinks. Company documents reported by the Wall Street Journal said the plan would add one billion dollars a year in sales.  The move to compete against Starbucks carries some risk. Some experts say it could slow down service at McDonald’s restaurants. And some people who are happy with McDonald’s the way it is now may not like the changes.