Found, Returned $10,000 In Cracker Box

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STEVE INSKEEP, host:

At least one woman got her money back from the market, and that's the subject of today's Last Word in Business. Debra Rogoff went to her local Whole Foods in southern California for some crackers, and discovered a surprise inside the box, not a little plastic toy, but an envelope stuffed with $10,000 in $100 bills. Ms. Rogoff called the police. They told her the money could be part of a drug drop, but the police heard from Whole Foods a few days later with an answer that was a little bit less "Law & Order."

An elderly woman told the store that she mistakenly returned a box with her life savings inside. She'd lost faith in her bank account, and she had also apparently avoided just putting the money under the mattress. Maybe that was a little uncomfortable, or maybe a little cliched. Anyway, she decided to put her money in crackers instead. And that's the Business News on Morning Edition from NPR News. I'm Steve Inskeep.

RENEE MONTAGNE, host:

And I'm Renee Montagne.

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