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Meal Tax to Rise; Free Food in Brookline

• The tax on meals will rise to seven percent on October 1. [Universal Hub]

• Brookline resident Patrick Gabridge is running a true community garden on Kent Street - he wants passersby to take the vegetables! [Brookline TAB]

• The Cancer Project, a vegan advocacy group, wants packaged hot dogs to carry a warning label saying that they can increase the risk of cancer. [Crain’s]

• Dunkin’ Donuts is maintaining an aggressive expansion plan despite franchise bankruptcies. [NYP]

• Wheaties is launching a new cereal, called Wheaties Fuel, that will be solely marketed to men. [NYT]

Meal Tax to Rise; Free Food in Brookline