Starbucks Gets The Morning Munchies

The java giant is unveiling a line of warm breakfast sandwiches called "Piadini" to go along with your morning coffee.

By: WKRG Staff | WKRG-TV
Published: September 24, 2008

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SEATTLE (AP) - Starbucks Corp. plans to introduce several new
warm breakfast sandwiches next week.
The company said yesterday that the sandwiches, called Piadini,
will feature artisan bread and will be filled with either sausage,
egg and cheese or portobello mushroom, spinach and ricotta cheese.
Starbucks also is adding ovens to 800 more stores. The ovens are
currently in about 3,000 locations. Michelle Gass, the company's
senior vice president of marketing, said that over time, ovens will
be in 90 percent of the stores.
The company recently changed the kind of cheese it was using in
its warm breakfast sandwiches to neutralize the cooking smell,
which it found interfered with the coffee aroma at its restaurants.