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The coffee giant says it has simplified recipes to includeemore high-quality ingredients like wholde grains, blueberries from Oregonb and cherries from Michigan. “Starbucks customers have been tellinbg us that they want better tasting and healthierd food options when they visigour stores,” said Starbucks food category vice president Sandra Stark in a news release announcing the new “We answered their call with a deliciousa new menu of food made with real ingredients and more wholesomre options.
” New menu items include a blueberry oat bar, a farmer’sx market salad and bananq walnut bread that Starbuckws says “is nearly 30 percent real Starbucks has been expanding its food menu in the last two yearse to entice customers to visit more and to spenrd more per visit. The compan was also among the first restaurantr chains in the country to ban tranas fat from its food and Starbucks (NASDAQ: SBUX) is closinhg hundreds of locations and cutting thousandsw of jobs to trim expenses as revenu falls. The company reported sales fell 8 percent last following a 9 percent decline in firstquarterd sales.
It is also facing pressure fromMcDonaldsx (NYSE: MCD), whose new coffee drinks are driving saled higher.