• The Guido’s employee who was previously reported as shot, then later beaten, to death has now been declared dead due to a respiratory infection. [LAT]
• At least one L.A. City Council member is trying to block the construction of a Wal-Mart grocery in Chinatown, arguing that it threatens the neighborhood’s character. [LAT]
• Jonathan Waxman sounds a lot less sure about opening in L.A. than he was previously, but he’s “thinking about it.” [Eater]
• Payback: Gordon Ramsay is suing Laurier BBQ, F.K.A. Laurier Gordon Ramsay, claiming he was unfairly ousted from a partnership after just six months. [LF Press]
• There’s hardly a beverage market Starbucks isn’t getting into these days: first juice, now energy drinks. What’s next — “Tap water: brought to you by Starbucks”? [USAT]
• Today in pink slime: Grocery stores Safeway, Vons, Pavilion’s, SUPERVALU, and Food Lion have all agreed to stop selling the recent scourge of the meat industry. [ABC News]
• A study found that sleeping even an hour or so less than usual can cause people to eat 549 extra calories the following day. [NYDN]
• Everyone in the fast-food industry is really obsessed with that “daypart” known as breakfast, and plotting ways to profit from the fact that few people sit down to a square morning meal anymore. [NRN]
• McDonald’s CEO Jim Skinner will step down in July, after seven years. It’s unclear whether this has anything to do with Pink-Slime-Gate. [Reuters via HuffPo]
