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The Weinermobile Arrives This A.M. at Castro Safeway; Restaurants Are Spying on You

Photo: Courtesy of Oscar Meyer

• The S.F. Food Bank has brought the Oscar Meyer Weinermobile to the Castro Safeway today, from 7 a.m. to 10 a.m., and everyone who donates canned goods or cash gets a free weiner whistle! [Eater]

Ragazza is hosting a fundraiser and online auction to help offset medical bills for an employee who was the victim of a violent crime. [SFoodie]

• Jamba Juice is going probiotic. [Yumsugar]

• Food Network personality Guy Fieri is opening his next Johnny Garlic’s in Dublin early next year. [Contra Costa Times]

• Santa’s not the only one monitoring good and bad behavior: According to the New York Post, your regular-haunt restaurant is likely “spying,” i.e., keeping a few notes, on you. [NYP]

• The revised food-safety bill has passed in the Senate and the House, and now it’s on its way to President Obama. [WP]

• More about global food prices going up. [Bloomberg]

• If you fancy some morning food porn, here’s a slideshow of dishes recommended by Asian food bloggers from Hanoi to Jakarta. [SceneAsia/WSJ]

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