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Bimbo Acquires Sara Lee’s Bakery Business; Libya Offers Food Money to Quell Protests

• Horsham-based Bimbo Bakeries USA acquires troubled Sara Lee’s North American bakery business. [Advertising Age]

• Campbell’s battle against obesity in Camden serves as a model for other food companies that have contributed to the national health dilemma. [Bnet]

• Breast milk is very nutritious, you know, and free, and a restaurant in London is selling ice cream churned from it! The best part is the flavor’s name: “Baby Gaga.” [BBC]

• So, this guy went through the drive-through at a Kansas KFC and instead of chicken they gave him a bag of cash. And then he returned it. [Kansas City Star]

• Here’s a nice guide to regional barbecue styles, from North Carolina to Chicago, with lots of juicy meat porn thrown in. [SE]

• Costco has agreed to stop selling twelve varieties of threatened fish, but of course the earnest folks over at Good magazine are still bellyaching. [Good]

• All those requests for aid? Yeah, probably a sign North Korea is stockpiling food. Meanwhile, the Libyan government is offering families $400 for food as part of an effort to curb rioting. [LAT, Jerusalem Post]

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