Fw: Future locations and expanding gluten-free menu

[Guest guest]

Pei Wei restaurants were recently mentioned on this group. As my wife and I are always looking for less expensive GF-friendly restaurants, I asked the company the below three questions. Afterwards is the response I just received from Pei Wei executive Tim Schar.

1. Do you plan any locations in the San Francisco Bay Area? I live

in Silicon Valley , and the only chain

gluten-free options are PF Chang's and Outback (and, maybe, Chevy's). We

could really use PW in this area, particularly in the

South Bay .

2. Do you have any plans to expand your gluten-free offerings? There is a

rapidly growing concern in this area about gluten in addition to all of those

with celiac sprue and wheat allergies.

3. How do you prevent cross-contamination in your kitchens? A member of

my family has a severe case of celiac sprue (anemia), and traces can affect her.- ----- Forwarded Message ---- Thank you for taking the time to write to

us and inquire about future locations and our gluten free offerings. We are

continually looking for new sites to expand Pei Wei across the state of

California , but currently do not have anything under

development for the San Francisco area. I know that it is a great market and do look forward to expanding our

brand there, but it will still be awhile before we make it to

San Francisco . We are looking to expand and improve our

gluten free offerings as we do see this as a growing concern for our guests and

their families. We have been testing a gluten free Kung Pau sauce that would

give us the ability to make many more of our dishes gluten free. Regarding the

prevention of cross contamination; anytime that an order is sent to the kitchen

“gluten free” or with any other food allergies our wok cooks have

been trained to thoroughly clean all utensils, their wok and to only utilize

fresh oil to cook those items. We know that food allergies can be very serious,

even life threatening and with that in mind our cooks are trained to react with

the same seriousness to insure that cross contamination from other items does

not occur. Thank you again for your questions and for

your patronage of PF Changs and Pei Wei Asian Diner. Sincerely, Tim Schar Tim Schar Development Partner-CA Pei Wei

Asian Diner Ph: (949) 709-4201 Cell:(720) 272-4389 Tim.Schar@...