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Schultz: Starbucks would not have succeeded under a franchise model
“I never believed that we could build, maintain, and elevate the culture of the company, which I viewed as the thing in a franchise system, where we had individual franchisees who had their own subculture. And so even though there was pressure early on because …”
Rosenthal: McDonald's founder Ray Kroc was a terrible person
“Ray Kroc was an asshole. Like he was a terrible person.”
Coca-Cola forbids its sales teams from selling syrup below McDonald's rate
“Coke sales teams are prohibited from selling syrup to restaurants for less than McDonald's pays, even if it means they're going to lose the business to Pepsi.”
Schultz: McDonald's and fast-food coffee copycats expanded the total coffee market
“Well, not only that, but every food company, every retail food business from McDonald's on, took a page out of Starbucks, went to school on us, put espresso machines in their stores, and started doing coffee beverages. That also expanded the market.”