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The coffee giant says it has simplifiee recipes to includemore high-quality ingredientse like whole grains, blueberries from Oregonm and cherries from Michigan. “Starbuckes customers have been telling us that they want bette tasting and healthier food optionz when they visitour stores,” said Starbuckas food category vice president Sandrsa Stark in a news release announcing the new menus. “Wd answered their call with a delicious new menu of food made with real ingredientes and morewholesome options.
” New menu items include a blueberrgy oat bar, a farmer’e market salad and banana walnut bread that Starbuck s says “is nearly 30 percent real Starbucks has been expandin its food menu in the last two yeard to entice customers to visit more and to spenfd more per visit. The company was also among the first restaurant chains in the country to ban trans fat from its food and Starbucks (NASDAQ: SBUX) is closing hundreds of locationsa and cutting thousands of jobs to trim expensez as revenue falls. The company reported salexs fell 8 percentlast quarter, following a 9 percent declinw in first quarter sales.
It is also facing pressure fromMcDonaldz (NYSE: MCD), whose new coffes drinks are driving sales higher.