• Stop & Shop reached an agreement with its workers’ unions yesterday, averting a strike. [Globe]
• The Health Department shut down a Medfield church’s soup kitchen after nine homeless men were sickened. [Globe]
• Nobu Matsuhisa contemplated suicide after his Alaska restaurant burned down early in his career. [Eater]
• In-school sales of full-calorie soda drinks have dropped 95 percent since 2004. [WSJ]
• Starbucks is currently testing a 31 ounce “trenta” size in Phoenix and Tampa. [Globe]
• Food Network chef Marcela Valladolid has spent the past twelve years working with managers, agents, and publicists to try to become a household name. [WSJ]
• West Coast morels are already available, which is a sure sign of the coming spring. [Mouthing Off/F&W;]
• Jamba Juice is now offering salads and novelty ice cream bars. [NRN]
