• Safeway stores throughout California and northern Nevada are experiencing serious shortages of meat, produce, and perishables after a fire broke out Friday at their warehouse in Tracy. [Eater]
• Primus, and its lead vocalist/bassist/resident winemaker Les Claypool, recently shot a music video at Anchor & Hope. [Examiner]
• At the Eat Real Fest, which happens this weekend in Jack London Square, there will be competitions for food crafters, and SF Weekly’s Jonathan Kauffman will be judging on the pickle panel. [SFoodie]
• The family of Justin Mendoza, a 21-year-old bystander who was killed outside Cafe Cocomo in 2005 in a shooting that wounded four other patrons after a hip-hop show, has settled out of court for $1.75 million. The case against the club is weak, however, given that Mendoza was shot down the street. [Examiner]
• Jarritos, maker of those colorful sodas that are fun to order at authentic taquerias, is trying to expand its reach beyond the Latino community. [NYT]
• Just another reason fatness is a vicious cycle: It seems the brains of the obese crave high-calorie foods more than other people’s brains. [Health/US News]
• Say good-bye to the era of awkward tiny foil ketchup packages: If you haven’t noticed, Heinz has a new way of dispensing the goods on the go, dubbed the “Dip and Squeeze.” [WSJ]
• Behold America’s most caffeinated cities. Guess which Grub Street city is No. 1? [HuffPo]
