Tuesday, December 20, 2011

Starbucks makes food healthier - bizjournals:

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The coffee giant says it has simplified recipes to includesmore high-quality ingredients like whole blueberries from Oregon and cherries from “Starbucks customers have been tellinfg us that they want better tasting and healthieer food options when they visit our stores,” said Starbucksa food category vice president Sandra Stark in a news releasd announcing the new menus. “We answerecd their call with a delicious new menu of food made with real ingredients and more wholesome options.” New menu itemsa include a blueberry oat bar, a farmer’w market salad and banana walnutt bread that Starbucks says “is nearly 30 percent real banana.
” Starbucksa has been expanding its food menu in the last two yearsw to entice customers to visit more and to spend more per The company was also among the first restaurant chainsz in the country to ban trans fat from its food and Starbucks (NASDAQ: SBUX) is closing hundredz of locations and cutting thousands of jobs to trim expensesw as revenue falls. The company reported salee fell 8 percentlast quarter, following a 9 percent decline in first quarter It is also facing pressure from McDonalds (NYSE: whose new coffee drinks are driving salexs higher.

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