The alt-milk mania continues as Starbucks unveils an Iced Vanilla Bean Coconutmilk Latte this week. [Food & Wine]
In other Starbucks news, the company plans to stop using plastic straws by 2020. [NPR]
In other straw news, “Banning straws is about as important as spitting in the wind … But a lot of social psychology research says that if you get people to say yes to a small request, they are more likely to accede to more serious requests.” [Grist]
Alexandria-made True Made Foods ketchup is now sold at Walmart. [Walmart]
Oprah Winfrey becomes an investor in True Food Kitchen. There’s an outlet of the national chain at Mosaic District. [Ad Age]
The Spotify for cookbooks, ckbk, launches a Kickstarter. [Thrillist]
