• Sunday’s Japan benefit dinner at Prospect raised $42,000 for disaster relief. [SFoodie]
• Diamond Foods, the local company that makes Emerald Nuts, Kettle Chips, and Pop Secret popcorn, just bought the Pringles brand from Proctor and Gamble for $1.5 billion. [AP/Tribune]
• Those two Extreme Pizza employees in San Rafael pleaded guilty to vandalizing the nearby new Pizza Orgasmica, with, among other things, the misspelled message “No Orgiasmica.” [Chron, Earlier]
• Well, this is just what a country with rampant obesity needs: Dunkin’ Donuts has launched a line of “Hearty Snacks” like stuffed breadsticks and apple pie. [NRN]
• Yo, yo, the FDA’s getting into this thing called the “Internet”: the group has launched a food-recall website. [LAT]
• In a study, “showing a milkshake to [pathological eaters] was akin to dangling a cold beer in front of an alcoholic.” Food addiction is finally getting recognition, along with its own TV show. [WSJ, Examiner]
• Fry-slinger may not be the gig you imagined as a kid, but McDonald’s has 50,000 jobs to fill at an April 19 career day, if you’re in the market. [USAT]
