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Rainbow’s Popular Coupons Officially Dead; Restaurant Workers Still Tend to Work When Sick

• You’ll recall the whole kerfuffle over the discount coupons at Rainbow Grocery? Well, they’re officially dunzo. [SFoodie]

• In the midst of the recession, the doughnut business is booming. [Time]

• The city recently gave out gift bags to all the vendors at local farmers’ markets in celebration of National Fruit & Vegetable Month. [SF Appeal]

• Bauer’s shipping off to Vietnam soon. [Between Meals]

• Over 60 percent of restaurant workers don’t stay home when they’re sick, finds a new study. [Diner’s Journal/NYT]

• McDonald’s is now denying any plans to eliminate health insurance. [USA Today]

• Cookbook author and chef Nathalie Dupree is running for Senate in South Carolina. [The Caucus/NYT]

• A phone number on a box of Chad Ochocinco-branded cereal was supposed to send callers to a charity hot line, but instead, sent them to a sex line. [NYT]

Rainbow’s Popular Coupons Officially Dead; Restaurant Workers Still Tend