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Menino Questions Wal-Mart Move; Restaurants Secretly Lay off the Salt

• With Wal-Mart’s impending move to Somerville, Mayor Menino contemplates the benefits of welcoming the controversial chain to Boston. [Herald]

• More and more restaurants are putting less salt in their food, but they’re staying mum about it for fear that diners will think the low-sodium food tastes bland. [Chicago Tribune]

• Fast-food chains love “super fans,” those crazy people who travel from restaurant to restaurant just to eat things like McRib sandwiches. [USAT]

• Fallout from Japan’s nuclear meltdown is still a big threat to the country’s food chain, as unsafe cesium levels are showing up in meat on supermarket shelves, veggies, and even the ocean. [Bloomberg]

• Red Lobster’s new ad campaign features “real” people who work for the restaurant, like a crab fisherman, and the dude who works the grill station at a location in the Bronx. [NYT]

Menino Questions Wal-Mart Move; Restaurants Secretly Lay off the Salt