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Financially Troubled Tasty Baking Co. Weighs Sale and Merger Options; ‘Fiscally Responsible’ Montco. GOP Can’t Pay its Catering Bill

• Financial woes force Tasty Baking Co. to consider selling the recently relocated Philly stalwart or merging with another company. [Inquirer]

• So much for fiscal responsibility: Montgomery County’s Republican Committee is in the hole for more than $91,000 in debts to vendors, including a $6,250 catering tab from 2008. [Inquirer]

• Better break out the Ron Jeremy Rum before you read this: The adult actor’s latest movie concerns “a fictional food truck that serves sausages to Hollywood.” Yeah, we can see where this is heading. [Daily Dish/LAT]

• Sacré bleu! Even France has gotten in on the trend toward casual, less expensive dining, with the rise of popular pita joints and “gastro bistrots.” [Vancouver Sun]

• Yea or neigh on horse meat? A group of ranchers and horse owners gathered yesterday in Las Vegas to argue for reviving the animals as a food source. [Denver Post]

• If you never can seem to keep track of what “dunkel”-style beer is, here’s a long explanation. [NYT]

• December was a record month for world food prices, especially sugar, grain, and oilseed. So, might this finally kill the cupcake trend? [Business Week]

• Rising commodity prices didn’t seem to hurt the candy aisle at Family Dollar stores; thanks to increased sales of sweets and other food, profits are up. [Bloomberg]

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