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IHOP Raided by Feds; GrubHub Purchases Dotmenu

• Seven IHOPs in Indiana and Ohio were mysteriously raided by the Feds yesterday. Maybe agents had really strong cravings for chocolate-chip pancakes? [NRN]

• It’s no Wrigley Building, but GrubHub is growing. The online ordering site purchased Dotmenu, a New York-based company that is popular with college students. [Crain’s]

• In case you were wondering, Americans eat out an average of five times a week, mostly at lunch. [UPI]

• Now that it’s in the hummus game, PepsiCo is trying to get Ethiopians to grow more chickpeas; it claims that as a side benefit, its efforts will help the famine situation in Africa. Hmmm. [NYT]

• In what might be the first instance of this ever, we actually agree with Michelle Bachman, who said stringent regulation of the food industry is overburdening small farms. [AP via Google]

• What does “all natural” mean when stamped on a food package? Eh, who knows. And that uncertainty has sparked lawsuits. [Law Blog/WSJ]

IHOP Raided by Feds; GrubHub Purchases Dotmenu