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NEWS| Intl| Starbucks to enter value zone

Gourmet coffee chain Starbucks plans to unveil plans for its first value menu

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According to media reports, the menu worth $3.95 will offer a latte with coffee cake or drip coffee with hot sandwich.

Starbucks value menu — food and drink pairing program — will roll out March 3and will be offered all day at company-owned US stores.

The $3.95 deal will include one of four hot sandwiches, currently sold at half of Starbucks' US locations, and a tall, drip coffee. Also offered for that price is a tall latte and either a slice of cinnamon swirl coffee cake or a bowl of oatmeal.

The move by Starbucks is glaring evidence of how retailers and marketers have been forced by the economy to rethink game plans and long-held strategies. Additional price-cutting is expected at Starbucks soon.

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