HERE’S THE BEEF: You might expect the...

HERE’S THE BEEF: You might expect the Powell family to head straight for a salad bar after their month’s worth of free dinners from the Arby’s in Newbury Park. But Donna Powell said her family of six has yet to tire of its fast-food regimen, which it received through a program for the needy. . . . “They have a variety of things, and I’ve gone through the realm of them,” she said. “But the french fries I could do without.” She figures her family saved $600. “It’s great. We don’t get too many of those--oh, what do you call them--perks.”