Starbucks to introduce new breakfast pastries

Associated Press 09.23.08,

SEATTLE -

Starbucks Corp. plans to introduce new warm breakfast pastries next week, the company said Tuesday.

The items, called Piadini, will feature artisan bread and will be filled with either sausage, egg and cheddar cheese or portobello mushroom, spinach, egg and feta and ricotta cheese. They are priced at $3.25.

"We're bringing something new to the category," said Michelle Gass, the company's senior vice president of marketing.

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