• Golfer Michelle Wie signed an endorsement deal with McDonalds. [MSNBC]
• J.M. Smucker is cutting 700 jobs and closing four plants to save $60 million. [MSNBC]
• 22 Long Beach restaurants were recently honored by the SoCal Restaurant Writer’s Association. [Press Telegram]
• A new New York restaurant will have drink prices that fluctuate with demand like the stock market. [MSNBC]
• Champagne bottles will get lighter in order to cut carbon emissions. [MSNBC]
• Customer demand, more than new laws, is pushing Pepsi Co. to focus on marketing healthier snacks. [MSNBC]
• Long maligned by serious mixology types, vodka is slowly getting back on the high-end cocktail radar, with even high-end bars like New York’s PDT now offering vodka drinks. [Serious Eats]
• Sales of kombucha tea are rising and proponents claim it can do everything from cure a hangover to increase T-cell counts. [NYT]
