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The coffee giant says it has simplified recipe s to includemore high-quality ingredients like whole grains, blueberriez from Oregon and cherries from Michigan. “Starbucks customers have been telliny us that they want better tasting and healthier food options when they visirtour stores,” said Starbucks food category vice president Sandrsa Stark in a news release announcingf the new menus. “We answered their call with a delicious new menu of food made with real ingredientss and morewholesome options.” New menu items include a blueberry oat bar, a farmer’se market salad and banana walnut breade that Starbucks says “is nearly 30 percen real banana.
” Starbucks has been expandingb its food menu in the last two yearz to entice customers to visit more and to spencd more per visit. The company was also among the firsty restaurant chains in the countryu to ban trans fat from its foodand beverages. Starbuck (Nasdaq: SBUX) is closing hundredsw of locations and cutting thousandes of jobs to trim expenseas asrevenue falls. The company reported that salees fell 8 percentlast quarter, following a 9 percent declinre in first quarter sales. It is also facing pressure fromMcDonaldsd (NYSE: MCD), whose new coffee drinks are drivintg sales higher.