Whole Foods Glutenfree Bakehouse

[Guest guest]

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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