Re: Whole Foods Glutenfree Bakehouse

[Guest guest]

I'm sure they're frozen for shipment out here because they arrive

frozen at the East Coast stores and then they're put out on the

shelves once they thaw.

Suki

On 10/16/05, Debbie Duncan <debbie@...> wrote:

> When I asked for a loaf of Prairie Bread in Palo Alto last week,

> Rosemary from the bakery (who was at the Conference) brought one out

> from the back, frozen. I agree that they're all probably coming in

> frozen. That doesn't bother me -- I freeze all our GF baked goods

> anyway.

>

> Debbie

>

>

> On Sunday, October 16, 2005, at 01:18 PM, Connie Hampton wrote:

>

> > I talked to the head WF GF baker at the Stanford Celiac Conference.

> > All the

> > GF baked goods are coming from the one and only GF kitchen in NC or

> > somewhere back East. If, and only if, they can make a good profit on

> > this

> > stuff will they even begin to think about a GF kitchen on the West

> > Coast.

> > So perhaps it is all coming in frozen and being defrosted at the store.

> > These are convenience items after all.

> >

> > Connie

> >

> >

> > -----Original Message-----

> > From:

> > [mailto: ]

> > On Behalf Of Alice Yoon

> > Sent: Sunday, October 16, 2005 12:02 AM

> >

> > Subject: Re: [ ] Re: Gluten-free baked goods coming to

> > local

> > Whole Foods

> >

> > I have tried the apple pie, which was ok, but nearly

> > $12 for a SMALL pie. Plus, it went bad within two

> > days, so if you get something, I'd recommend eating it

> > quickly. I could bake my own normal sized pie for

> > less and it would last longer. I also tried the cream

> > biscuits, which were more solid than I hoped they

> > would be, but still, they were biscuits.

> >

> > BTW, I should mention that I'm actually in LA. I

> > moved here from SF in April so the WFs store that I

> > went to is actually on 3rd St. in LA. It's possible

> > that the baked items in SF are longer lasting as I

> > have noticed that the WFs here is has somehow less

> > variety than the one in SF.

> >

> > Alice

> >

> > --- Trudy <tverzosa@...> wrote:

> >

> > > I agree. It is very exciting news. I personally

> > > would love to hear

> > > about everybody's experiences with the GF bakery

> > > items. It's so

> > > thrilling to be able to buy something fresh instead

> > > of prepackaged or

> > > frozen!

> > >

> > > I just went back and looked at the index and there

> > > were only a couple

> > > of original posts about it - then some back and

> > > forth messages in the

> > > same thread. Maybe you were only reading the

> > > subject lines, Eileen?

> > >

> > > Trudy

> > >

> > >

> > > > >

> > > > > How many times are people going to say that

> > > whole foods are going to

> > > > carry baked items???

> > > > >

> > > > >

> > > > > eileen

> > > > >

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[Guest guest]

I bought the cherry pie at the Palo Alto Whole Foods. It lasted three days before I consumed every last bit of it. It was great! Suzanne