{"id":969,"date":"2010-01-18T11:16:28","date_gmt":"2010-01-18T11:16:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/expandsmtest.com\/franchiseking\/is-mcdonalds-going-after-homebased-business-owners\/"},"modified":"2016-09-05T17:25:25","modified_gmt":"2016-09-05T17:25:25","slug":"is-mcdonalds-going-after-homebased-business-owners","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thefranchiseking.com\/is-mcdonalds-going-after-homebased-business-owners","title":{"rendered":"Is McDonald&#8217;s Going After Home-Based Business Owners?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #7f3f00;\"><strong><a style=\"display: inline;\" href=\"https:\/\/thefranchiseking.typepad.com\/.a\/6a00d8341ca59e53ef0120a7e7b08e970b-pi\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"asset asset-image at-xid-6a00d8341ca59e53ef0120a7e7b08e970b \" src=\"https:\/\/thefranchiseking.typepad.com\/.a\/6a00d8341ca59e53ef0120a7e7b08e970b-500wi\" alt=\"Mclogo\" \/><\/a> <\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #7f3f00;\"><strong>If you are<a title=\"mcdonald&#039;s going after home based franchises\" href=\"https:\/\/www.thefranchiseking.com\/ask-carol-a-home-based-business-focused-on-seniors\"> a home-based business owner<\/a><\/strong><\/span>, (Like me) are you longing to get out of the house for awhile, and stretch your legs? Maybe even indulge in a <span style=\"color: #7f3f00;\"><strong>McCafe<\/strong><\/span>?<\/p>\n<p>Do you remember when <strong>McDonald&#8217;<\/strong>s starting installing their fancy coffee machines? I do. <strong>MSNBC.com <\/strong>reported that McDonald&#8217;s was going to start getting aggressive with their new coffee concoctions, last year.<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.msnbc.msn.com\/id\/30583933\/\"> Read <\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Now it seems that there&#8217;s another aggressive campaign&#8212;-<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>starting this month. WI-FI. That&#8217;s right, <strong>Wi-Fi<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>People have become so hyper-connected nowadays that everybody&#8217;s come to expect instantaneous high-speed Internet access wherever they go.<\/p>\n<p>Can you picture well dressed <strong>Sharper Image<\/strong> types of folks, with their <strong>Versace<\/strong> glasses, and their <strong>Macbook A<\/strong>ir laptops, rubbing elbows with the local retiree bunch that seems to hang out for hours on end at every<strong> McDonald&#8217;s<\/strong> franchise in the US.<\/p>\n<p><a style=\"display: inline;\" href=\"https:\/\/thefranchiseking.typepad.com\/.a\/6a00d8341ca59e53ef0120a7e752b4970b-pi\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"asset asset-image at-xid-6a00d8341ca59e53ef0120a7e752b4970b \" style=\"margin: 0px;\" title=\"IStock_000003270179XSmall\" src=\"https:\/\/thefranchiseking.typepad.com\/.a\/6a00d8341ca59e53ef0120a7e752b4970b-120pi\" alt=\"IStock_000003270179XSmall\" \/><\/a> <a style=\"display: inline;\" href=\"https:\/\/thefranchiseking.typepad.com\/.a\/6a00d8341ca59e53ef0120a7e75724970b-pi\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"asset asset-image at-xid-6a00d8341ca59e53ef0120a7e75724970b \" title=\"Retirees\" src=\"https:\/\/thefranchiseking.typepad.com\/.a\/6a00d8341ca59e53ef0120a7e75724970b-320pi\" alt=\"Retirees\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Now, I cannot picture myself writing articles, and\/or following up with franchise prospects at my local McDonald&#8217;s, but one never knows. After all, who in their right mind ever thought that you could purchase a <span style=\"color: #7f3f00;\"><strong>$3.85<\/strong><\/span> cup of coffee at one?<\/p>\n<p>Will <em>you<\/em> be doing business at your local McDonald&#8217;s, now that there&#8217;s FREE <strong>Wi-Fi<\/strong> available?<\/p>\n<p><script src=\"https:\/\/tweetmeme.com\/i\/scripts\/button.js\" type=\"text\/javascript\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"color: #7f3f00;\">Interesting Franchises To Learn About<\/span><\/strong>. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.franchisedirect.com\/?utm_source=Joel-FranchiseKing&amp;utm_medium=CPC&amp;utm_term=&amp;utm_campaign=TextAd\"><strong>Here<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; If you are a home-based business owner, (Like me) are you longing to get out of the house for awhile, and stretch your legs? Maybe even indulge in a McCafe? Do you remember when McDonald&rsquo;s starting installing their fancy coffee machines? I do. 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