Anna Linda Knoll/iStock Editorial via Getty Images Introduction In my earlier articles on Starbucks (NASDAQ:SBUX), I commented about one of SBUX's major peers in the restaurant industry, McDonald's (NYSE:MCD). In my latest article on SBUX, I highlighted that MCD's store growth plans are bullish for SBUX because they show that, despite having an enormous global footprint, MCD expects to be able to keep growing store (or restaurant) count by 4-5% annually going forward. Since I already referred to it in the p ...