McDonald's Launches National Energy Drink Push Against Starbucks

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McDonald's launched its Red Bull Dragonberry Energizer nationwide Monday, marking its first national push into energy drinks and opening a new front in the afternoon beverage battle against Starbucks, Dutch Bros and convenience-store chains. The drink combines Red Bull with blue raspberry flavoring and freeze-dried dragonfruit pieces, with a reduced-sugar version made with Red Bull Zero also available. A Citi survey found 60% of energy-drink consumption at restaurants and coffee shops is incremental, and 74% of respondents said they were very or somewhat interested in buying energy drinks from restaurants or coffee shops. Morgan Stanley has called McDonald's energy-drink platform a swing factor to watch during the second half. McDonald's shares slipped 0.3% in premarket trading to $272.13, near the lower end of their 52-week range of $260.96 to $341.75.

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Consumer Discretionary± Mixed · 3 stocks
McDonald’s Corporation
MCD
▲ PositiveDemandrelevance

McDonald's launches its first national energy drink, tapping into incremental demand as per Citi survey.

Starbucks Corporation
SBUX
▼ NegativeCompetitionrelevance

McDonald's entry into energy drinks intensifies competition for Starbucks in the afternoon beverage market.

Dutch Bros Inc
BROS
▼ NegativeCompetitionrelevance

McDonald's national energy drink launch intensifies competition in the afternoon beverage segment, directly challenging Dutch Bros.

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