At Least 500 Affected by Lucky Store Identity Theft; Martha Compares Sausage Casings to Condoms
• The number of affected customers in that identity theft scandal at Lucky Supermarkets that we mentioned earlier this week has shot up from an originally reported 20 to at least 500, as more people call to claim their accounts were compromised. [Examiner, Earlier]
• S.F. fast-food chains may think they're clever in skirting the Happy Meal-toy ban by charging a dime for the toys, but down in Santa Clara County, restaurants really took this seriously, you guys. And healthier kids' meals are getting better promoted as a result. So there. [Chron]
• Meanwhile, some sort of consumer-advocacy foundation based in Brazil is suing McDonald's over Happy Meal toys, saying that they are "encouraging the formation of distorted values." [Chicago Tribune via Zagat]
• A pizza delivery woman in Nevada made up a whole tale about being robbed by two black men, even giving descriptions to a sketch artist, but it all turned out to be a lie and she just took the money herself to pay off a drug debt. [AP]
• Martha Stewart got dirty on her show, comparing sausage casings to condoms. Don't be so shocked, people, the woman spent months in prison. [HuffPo]
• Children have known this for ages, but everyone else is just figuring out that breakfast cereals are basically dessert. [Salt/NPR]
• Annoying types to dine with: the "order for the table" guy, the check nitpicker, the food snob, etc. Oh, and don't forget people who get all their food knowledge from listicles. [Zagat via HuffPo]
• Thanksgiving-time this year set records for online pizza ordering. Where were you when? [NRN]
• World food prices have been falling for the past five months and are likely to bottom out, so better stock up now. [Bloomberg]
• As if that Angry Birds cookbook weren't bad enough, The Hunger Games series has a cookbook, featuring the type of bizarro fare its characters eat (out of necessity): seaweed bread, fire-roasted rabbit. Fine, but if anyone puts out a recipe for mouse or dog, we're calling uncle. [WSJ]
