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Harvard Club Wait Staff Sues Over Tips; Starbucks to Get Juiced

• Stiffed! Waiters at the ever-so-proper Harvard Club of Boston have filed a lawsuit to claim the 17 percent gratuity they say the club tacks on to every bill but isn’t passed on to the wait staff. [Herald]

• Starbucks has purchased Evolution Fresh juice company as a further step in its plans to dominate your beverage life. It will add the juices to its coffee outlets and roll out juice-only stores soon. [USAT]

• The cost of a Thanksgiving meal is up this year, mainly because of pernicious turkey inflation. [Business Week]

• While Starbucks makes juice-bar plans, Jamba Juice is testing a more streamlined store concept called JambaGo. So look for that in places like elementary schools (wait, what?). [NRN]

• Dog-eating is down in Asia, thanks to rising incomes and increased pet ownership, but there’s still a strong black market for food canines. Sad face. [WSJ]

• There’s a diet that lets you eat cheese, bread, foie gras, and chocolate, so long as you time it properly, to agree with body rhythms. And it’s actually not the French behind this one, but rather the Swiss. [T Magazine/NYT]

Harvard Club Wait Staff Sues Over Tips; Starbucks to Get Juiced