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Listening Blog Post: Coffee Culture

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  Coffee Culture Corvallis What I love about Coffee Culture is that it is a local coffeehouse chain within Corvallis and that it has a nice and beautiful local aesthetic that makes customers feel at home. With so many options of coffee and pastries it truly is a local coffeehouse in Corvallis that I would consider to be one of my favorite places to visit whenever I want a nice warm coffee and maybe a sweet pastry or savory bread on the side. For anyone that visits Corvallis or just passing by town, Coffee Culture is a solely local coffeehouse they must try and taste.  Coffee Culture was started in the year 1993 as a drive-thru window in Corvallis. Since then, Coffee Culture has grown to have 4 locations around Corvallis. On their website it states that their main goal since day one has been to build and nurture lasting relationships within the local community of the city of Corvallis. In relation to their business strategy and selling their main products and services, their go...

Battle for the Fans: McDonald's K-Pop Demon Hunters

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  KPop Demon Hunters HasMcDonalds Saja Boys and Huntr/x Meals McDonald's: Burgers, Fries & More. Quality Ingredients. When I first heard about the collab that between K-Pop Demon Hunters and McDonald's I was expecting it to be another Happy Meal collab between company and a popular film people loved. Instead, this collaboration wasn't specifically targeted just for kids; but rather for teenagers and young adults, which form a significant part of the K-Pop Demon Hunters fandom. I saw the McDonald's ad which showed some great animation of the characters and showing off the two meals together as a way to "battle for the fans." For further context, K-Pop Demon Hunters is a 2025 Netflix animated movie in conjunction with Sony Pictures Animation. The film follows a K-pop girl group that navigate celebrity lives but also secretly fight demons and must face their greatest challenge, yet when they discover a rival K-pop boy band are secretly demons in disguise tryi...