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Bread
I went to purchase some bread for a student potluck last night. The store's bakery had posted apologies about the price of bread, citing the rise in wholesale wheat prices. I knew prices were going up -- to be expected...

Recall of Bread Products from Sara Lee
The Sara Lee Food & Beverage Company, in cooperation with the FDA, issued a voluntary recall of some of their bread products because they contain tiny pieces of metal. The products that are included in the recall have 'Best if purchased by" dates between July 25, 2007 and August 7, 2007 and have the code '222' which is found on the front of the package...

Tonys Over at Wise Bread
Dear Faithful Frugal Law Student Readers: Check out my new post over at Wise Bread. Don’t worry though, I’m going to keep up the high-quality FLS posts you’ve come to know and love...

Kneading the Dough
The Arthur Avenue Bakery in the Bronx NY is famous for its cannoli and crusty bread. The bread is not the only crusty item at the bakery. We read in the NY Times that the 50 year old institution is suddenly famous for unfair labor practices: some employees worked 12 hour days for $50 a day - an hourly rate...

Zimbabwe Issues $100 Billion Note Worth Half a Loaf of Bread
Zimbabwe has solved the current problem of people having to cart bags of money to the store to pay for food: it issued a $100 billion note, which will not even buy a loaf of bread in the country...

Manchester UK Police Spend 6 hours Searching Underwater For Loaf Of Bread - Our Tax Euros At Work
MANCHESTER, UK - A couple who went to feed ducks sparked a six-hour underwater search after reports a baby had been thrown into the canal - only for a fire crew to find it was bread...