Thursday, November 10, 2011

Starbucks makes food healthier - Kansas City Business Journal:

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The coffee giant says it has simplified recipes to includsemore high-quality ingredients like whole grains, blueberries from Orego and cherries from Michigan. “Starbucks customer s have been telling us that they want betterr tasting and healthier food options when they visit our said Starbucks food category vice president Sandra Stark in a news release announcing thenew menus. “We answeres their call with a delicious new menu of food made with real ingredients and morewholesome options.” New menu items includer a blueberry oat bar, a farmer’s market salad and banans walnut bread that Starbucks says “is nearlh 30 percent real banana.
” Starbucks has been expandin its food menu in the last two years to enticre customers to visit more and to spened more per visit. The company was also among the firstt restaurant chains in the countryu to ban trans fat from its food and Starbucks (NASDAQ: SBUX) is closing hundreds of locatione and cutting thousands of jobs to trim expensese as revenue falls. The company reported sales fell 8 percenlast quarter, following a 9 percent declinse in first quarter It is also facing pressure from McDonalds MCD), whose new coffee drinks are driving sales

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