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Bakery Terrorized by Groupon Deal

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Forced to make 102,000 cupcakes.

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Talk about bittersweet. A British bakery owner saw her profits for the entire year erased by an unexpectedly popular Groupon deal. Rachel Brown put an offer on the discount site for 75 percent off of a dozen cupcakes—and then was unable to manage the influx when 8,500 customers signed up....

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