Starbucks, the world’s largest multinational chain of coffee shops in US, plans to provide trans fats free items in its menu. Pastries and other foods sold at half of Starbucks’s US outlets will be free of artery-clogging trans fats starting this week.
The move makes Starbucks the latest in a string of US restaurant chains to remove trans fats from its menu.
Starbucks is the world’s largest multinational chain of coffee shops. Founded in 1971 as a coffee bean retailer, then acquired in 1987 by Howard Schultz, it has acquired and built coffeehouses all over the world. In addition to drip brewed coffee and espresso beverages, Starbucks shops also serve tea and bottled beverages, pastries, and ready-to-eat sandwiches. Some Starbucks stores are inside other retail locations such as supermarkets and bookstores.