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Monday, October 20th, 2008
We’ve said it a thousand times before: “Breakfast is the most important meal of the day,” but surprisingly, one recent survey found that 70% of Americans skip it. To entice people to eat their breakfast, Starbucks recently introduced a new line up of nutritious breakfast items. Happily, rather than add low fat, low carb and sugar free foods to their menu, they responded to their customer’s growing appetite for whole grains, healthy fats from nuts and seeds, and high-quality protein foods by “adding” good-for-you ingredients to every recipe (a food philosophy near and dear to our hearts).
We had the pleasure of sampling the new menu items on a recent visit to the Starbucks in Medford, MA. First up in…
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