SOLUTION:
I found a solution that worked for me. I put all my content inside a div, gave it an id and then called the br element and gave it a display:none rule.
Hope that fixes things for you.
Here’s example code:
<div id="menuspacefix">
[expand rel="menu" id="soup"]
some soup item
[/expand]
[expand rel="menu" id="salad"]
some salad item
[/expand]
</div>
div#menuspacefix br {display:none;}