• Sorry, subway riders, but you’re going to have to live with people’s gross onboard eating: MTA Chairman Jay Walder said no to banning food on trains. [NYDN]
• True story: “To make potato chips, it takes beet juice, purple cabbage and carrots.” With everyone into healthy eating, Frito-Lay is retooling some recipes to replace weird-sounding ingredients with natural ones. [WSJ]
• Grocers say high vegetable prices should come down soon, as spring veggies enter the market. Does that mean we’ll be able to have our eggplant sandwich again? [USAT]
• Never fear, Starbucks’s plan to take over the world is back full-bore, with an eye on grocery-store aisles and China. [USAT]
• It might be time to start loving veggie burgers: Severe drought in Texas has driven up beef and wheat prices. [Bloomberg]
