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http://www.bloomberg.com/news/artic...ng-monster-drinks-in-about-20-stores-ifzqpgt7

McDonald’s Corp. is selling Monster Beverage Corp. energy drinks in about 20 of its U.S. restaurants, potentially opening up a new market for the high-caffeine beverages.

"We’re always gathering feedback from customers on the food and beverages they’d like to be served at McDonald’s, and this is another example," Lisa McComb, a spokeswoman for the fast-food chain, said in an e-mail. Locations in Michigan, Ohio, Georgia, Florida and Illinois are testing the drinks, she said.

Monster shares rose the most in almost eight months on Tuesday, fueled by speculation that the test could open up a new sales channel for its beverages. Getting the energy drinks into quick-service restaurants like McDonald’s, which has 14,350 U.S. locations, could add as much as $1.5 billion in revenue for Monster in the U.S. alone, said Robert Ottenstein, an Evercore ISI analyst in New York. Ottenstein, who reported on the Monster test in a note Tuesday morning, said Oak Brook, Illinois-based McDonald’s has seen “positive results."

Monster, which declined to comment on the report, jumped 5.2 percent to $139.61 at the close in New York, the biggest gain since Feb. 27. The shares are now up 29 percent this year.

At McDonald’s, Monster’s beverages are typically sold as part of a value meal, with customers paying about $1.50 more to get the Monster drink, Ottenstein said.

The move is “generating incremental revenue and traffic for stores, with some customers coming in just to purchase Monster,” he said.

 

[overcast]

Holy fuck. This is worse than Four Lokos.

 

[Admiral Woofington]

They just want to kill me now don't they?

 

[Clegg]

McDonald's is trying to kill you.

 

[GavinGT]

I wonder when we'll start to see energy drinks as fountain drink options.

 

[ced]

Caffeinestrerol

 

[Monster Zero]

I wonder when we'll start to see energy drinks as fountain drink options.

Too expensive

 

[Icyflamez96]

what the

 

[ArmGunar]

And the crazy increase price of McFlurry over years, we can talk about ??

 

[Switch Back 9]

That's so gross. America, you're doomed.

 

[nephilimdj]

McDonalds in Australia use to sell Iced Coffee in Perth and Adelaide, now Burger King/Hungry Jacks does in same states.

 

[Sojgat]

McDonald's is trying to kill you.

'Twas ever thus.

 

[antonz]

McDonalds is literally just throwing shit at the wall hoping something sticks.

 

[GavinGT]

Too expensive

I doubt it costs significantly more than soda to make. These companies just want to maintain the illusion that it's a premium product.

 

[devilhawk]

I wonder when we'll start to see energy drinks as fountain drink options.

I've seen fountain energy drinks at places like Quik Trip. It tasted god awful, but it was there as an option.

 

[Admiral Woofington]

Didn't a Simpsons writer give some good ideas on Twitter about how to save McDonalds?

One of them being to open like a really cool one in new York where you offer different menu items from around the world?

I remember going to dubai and having a very tasty wrap titled the McArabian or something. I'd love to have it again.

But no energy drinks will save the company

 

[liquidtmd]

 

[Meciu]

Ummm that's... a strange idea. Energy drinks won't help them, let alone save.

 

[Starviper]

If it is the Monster Tea I can see this making sense. The teas are actually really good and aren't entirely terrible for you.

If it's the standard green monster, then I guess they just ran out of fucks to give.

 

[GavinGT]

To be fair, Carl's Jr. has been offering this for years.

 

[Dash_Riprock]

Wow, they're really just throwing darts on a board until something sticks, aren't they?

 

[A Fish Aficionado]

they really are grasping at straws

 

[daniels]

I dont get it anymore .... i guess the new ceo secretly works for Burgerking or something stupid like that.

 

[neogaffer1]

Didn't a Simpsons writer give some good ideas on Twitter about how to save McDonalds?

One of them being to open like a really cool one in new York where you offer different menu items from around the world?

I remember going to dubai and having a very tasty wrap titled the McArabian or something. I'd love to have it again.

But no energy drinks will save the company

 

[Hazmat]

What I need after getting 10 McNuggets and fries is a Monster energy drink because my system hasn't been slammed with enough sugar and sodium. Heart attacks have been primarily occupied by 50-year-olds, and I'm tired of those bastards taking jobs that could go to the young.

 

[neogaffer1]

wonder if this is their attempt to try to grab the stoner audience that taco bell and jack in the box have a strong hold over without dropping prices like those places did. wouldn't surprise me tbh.

 

[Admiral Woofington]

Looks delicious. McAy you get in my tummy.

 

[Komo]

They're going to kill their customers

Spoiler

with the terrible taste of Monster

 

[kirby_fox]

They must have hired a bunch of recent college grads from all sorts of fields.

And decided the best thing to do was to use all of their ideas they came up with one by one to see which one would do the best while still trying to please their franchisees.

"We want all day breakfast!" "OK here's a smaller menu and it'll take forever to get anything"

"We want something new to drink" "OK, here's some Monster that's cheap to buy but sells for a lot more."

 

[Admiral Woofington]

They must have hired a bunch of recent college grads from all sorts of fields.

And decided the best thing to do was to use all of their ideas they came up with one by one to see which one would do the best while still trying to please their franchisees.

"We want all day breakfast!" "OK here's a smaller menu and it'll take forever to get anything"

"We want something new to drink" "OK, here's some Monster that's cheap to buy but sells for a lot more."

If they had really gotten college grads then the first thing they would have implemented is to make the secret menu official. The McGB would finally be real.

 

[EricTheRed]

Ripper or no deal.

 

[Ban Puncher]

GRATUITOUS AMOUNTS OF ENERGY

 

[Go_Ly_Dow]

Energy drink culture.

Ridiculous. Regulation please.

 

[cdyhybrid]

Dat desperation.

 

[Vice]

Carls Jr's has been doing this for awhile. At least in central California. It's like playing Russian roulette with your heart.

 

[ZoltanXerxes]

What are they smoking?? I would have loved to sit in on the board meeting that conjured up this terrible idea.

 

[cacildo]

I wonder when we'll start to see energy drinks as fountain drink options.

Brawndo?

 

[GavinGT]

Brawndo?

That's more like Gatorade.

 

[XiaNaphryz]

If they had really gotten college grads then the first thing they would have implemented is to make the secret menu official. The McGB would finally be real.

But they're trying to simplify the menu, remember!?

 

[L.B. Jeffries]

You know what would get me to eat at a McDonalds? An international menu. I love hearing about all the low key stuff people get in other countries for fast food. Obviously not all of it is going to be stellar but c'mon, international choices would still be a lot more interesting than this.

 

[bjork]

They started selling Monster at the Carl's by my house about 2-3 years ago.

 

[E92 M3]

They'll do anything except make better tasting food.

 

[EhoaVash]

Only 20 stores ? Lol I seen them advertise monster energy drinks since mid September here in this small town Michigan

 

[donkey show]

I still remember when I first saw fried chicken and spaghetti at a McDonald's in the Philippines. I should have expected it, but was still surprising regardless.

 

[TheWarrior]

I wonder when we'll start to see energy drinks as fountain drink options.

https://youtu.be/Tbxq0IDqD04

 

[SpecX]

They started selling Monster at the Carl's by my house about 2-3 years ago.

I see that at almost every Carl's in Socal now. Works out great on a long drive when I need one and can buy just the drink from the drive through, otherwise this is a deadly combo.

 

[knkng]

They're going to kill their customers

Spoiler

with the terrible taste of Monster

Wrong.

 

[zethren]

Gross and also bad idea.

 

[danm999]

McDonalds, c'mon.

This is just getting sad.

 

[Ray Wonder]

That's fine with me. I like a Monster every once in a while.