• Roark Capital Group went on a restaurant buying spree, snatching up Arby’s, Moe’s Southwest Grill, and Cinnabon. The group also happened to purchase the parent company of Chicago’s Corner Bakery. [Crain’s]
• Time to rethink an apple a day? The fruits ranks highest among common produce for pesticide contamination. [CBS News]
• A tussle over frozen veggie pad thai that rocked the aisles of a New York City Trader Joe’s is set to hit courts today. Sounds like both parties involved need to do a little more yogilates. [NYP]
• The ups and downs of Louisville, Kentucky’s efforts to fight obesity resembles the efforts of somebody on a yo-yo diet. [NYT]
• Food trucks are growing up: First, they added booze, now they’re catering weddings. We’re tearing up. [WSJ]
• Remember when former New York Giant Plaxico Burress intelligently took a gun to a nightclub, then shot himself in the leg? Well, now he’s out of prison and determined to regain baller status by pigging out at Prime One in South Beach. [Page Six/NYP]
• As high food prices slam the developing world, it’s usually the mothers in families who go hungry. [LaCrosse Tribune]
