Monday, May 7, 2012

Starbucks makes food healthier - New Mexico Business Weekly:

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The coffee giant says it has simplified recipes to includeemore high-quality ingredients like wholse grains, blueberries from Oregon and cherries from “Starbucks customers have been tellingh us that they want better tasting and healthiefr food options when they visitf our stores,” said Starbucks food category vice presidentt Sandra Stark in a news release announcing the new menus. “Ws answered their call with a delicious new menu of food made with real ingredienta and morewholesome options.” New menu items include a blueberryt oat bar, a farmer’s market salaxd and banana walnut bread that Starbucks says “is nearly 30 percent real banana.
” Starbucke has been expanding its food menu in the last two yearsd to entice customers to visit more and to spen d more per visit. The company was also among the firsf restaurant chains in the country to ban transa fat from its foodand beverages. Starbucks (NASDAQ: is closing hundreds of locatione and cutting thousands of jobs to trim expenses as revenue falls. The company reported sales fell 8 percenglast quarter, following a 9 percentg decline in first quarter sales. It is also facing pressure fromMcDonalds (NYSE: whose new coffee drinks are driving saleds higher.

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