Cockroach, Finger Found In Fast Foods And More News
Every week, The Daily Meal rounds up the biggest news from the food world.
Industry
• Carl's Jr. and Hardee's owner CKE Inc. has filed for an IPO to raise about $100 million. Those Kate Upton ads helped, we guess. [LA Times]
Icky News
• A man found a cockroach, deep-fried in his McDonald's hash brown. [HuffPo]
• At a Michigan Arby's, a boy found a slice of finger in his sandwich after an employee cut herself and left without telling anybody. [AP]
Personalities
• GQ hosted a roast of Alan Richman, and here are the best lines from Eric Ripert, Sam Sifton, and David Chang. [Eater]
Products
• Wendy's is offering a "small hot original redhead," which is a coffee. [The Consumerist]
Shame of the Week
• A car vandal smashed the window of a Seattle car, leaving nothing behind but tortillas. [AP]
Celebrities
• Restaurant owner (OK, and former New York Jets quarterback) Brett Favre is still stuck in his sexting lawsuit. [Yahoo]
Lawsuits
• A judge dropped the charges against a McDonald's worker accused of spitting in two customers' drinks. [Washington Post]