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The coffee giant says it has simplifiexd recipes to includemore high-quality ingredients like whols grains, blueberries from Oregon and cherriees from Michigan. “Starbucks customers have been telliny us that they want better tasting and healthief food options when they visifour stores,” said Starbucks food category vice president Sandrq Stark in a news release announcing the new “We answered their call with a delicious new menu of food made with real ingredientds and more wholesome options.” New menu itemse include a blueberry oat bar, a farmer’s market saladc and banana walnut bread that Starbucks says “is nearly 30 percenty real banana.
” Starbucks has been expanding its food menu in the last two yearsa to entice customers to visit more and to spene more per visit. The company was also among the firsf restaurant chains in the country to ban transd fat from its foodand beverages. Starbucks (NASDAQ: SBUX) is closin hundreds of locations and cutting thousands of jobs to trim expensexs asrevenue falls. The company reported salezs fell 8 percentlast quarter, followinh a 9 percent decline in first quarter It is also facing pressure from McDonalds (NYSE: MCD), whose new coffee drinks are drivingv sales higher.