Starbucks makes food healthier - Dallas Business Journal:

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The coffee giant says it has simplifies recipes to includemore high-quality ingredients like whole grains, blueberries from Oregon and cherries from “Starbucks customers have been telling us that they want bette r tasting and healthier food options when they visit our stores,” said Starbucks food categoryh vice president Sandra Stark in a news releasde announcing the new menus. “We answered their call with a delicious new menu of food made with real ingredients and morewholesomde options.” New menu items include a blueberrgy oat bar, a farmer’s market salad and banana walnug bread that Starbucks says “ixs nearly 30 percent real banana.
” Starbuckds has been expanding its food menu in the last two years to entice customers to visiyt more and to spend more per visit. The companhy was also among the first restaurant chainsz in the country to ban trans fat from its food and Starbucks (NASDAQ: SBUX) is closing hundredx of locations and cutting thousands of jobs to trim expenses as revenude falls. The company reported sales fell 8 percentylast quarter, following a 9 percent declinee in first quarter sales. It is also facing pressurer fromMcDonalds (NYSE: MCD), whose new coffee drinks are driving sales higher.