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Southwest Spreading Rumors About Future Meal Service

Only months after Southwest Airlines announced their turn to cashless cabins, Southwest spokesman Brad Hawkins has hinted at going beyond selling soda and Monster energy drinks in favor of peddling full in-flight meal service. Although this would be a wonky move for a carrier so wrapped up in its own no-frillsness, it would definitely improve customer satisfaction and make Southwest a favorite among diabetics and others who'd prefer to have more than a packet of peanuts on a 4-hour flight.

Don't take your plastic out after takeoff just yet, however, as the idea to vend food in-flight is still in the brainstorming stages over at SWA. Since we like having options aside from which end of the aircraft to use the bathroom, we're into this idea, but suggest they take it a step further and leverage their Twitter account for public response. Perhaps a monthly special as voted on by @southwest's followers? Because let's face it, that's just about the only way we'll be able to get some decent roast beef at 33,000' above Oklahoma.

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