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General Mills Sued for False Health Claims; Golden Road Brewery Debuts in Atwater

• General Mills is being sued by an advocacy group for false claims that Fruit by the Foot is healthy. Healthy? — not so much. Three long feet of fruity fun? — most definitely! [HuffPo via Ad Week]

• Federal spending cuts are endangering the operations of the WIC, whose priority will go to pregnant women in the face of drastic changes. [Intersections South LA]

• The opening of Golden Road Brewery in Atwater Village brought a crowd of over 1,000 people this past Sunday. [LAT]

• Popeye’s fried chicken chain plans an aggressive expansion throughout Southern California. Too bad Wimpy’s Burgers aren’t part of the program. [Restaurant News]

BLD pastry chef Mariah Swan is making donuts and milkshakes this Wednesday for a signing of Lucy Lean’s “Made in America: Our Best Chefs Reinvent Comfort Food”. [LAT]

• It appears the Obama administration made what might have been a rather sketchy $500,000 grant to a salmon farm now on the verge of bankruptcy. Oops? [Guardian UK]

• A groundbreaking new study has shown that green vegetables boost the immune system. The study’s biggest sponsor: the PTA. [NYDN]

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