CD production cost/benefit for restaurants

[Guest guest]

Only 1% of the population has CD, and most of those aren't diagnosed. So, the market isn't a large one -- because we're in the center, it seems more extensive to us.

H.

In a message dated 8/27/2008 8:11:09 A.M. Pacific Daylight Time, l@... writes:

So by offering GF pizza they are broadeningtheir market. It's only a deal if it's where you want to go. Find your travel deal here.

[Guest guest]

That's great! I hadn't heard that!

H.

In a message dated 8/27/2008 8:25:33 A.M. Pacific Daylight Time, l@... writes:

Someone else quoted a study here recentlythat something like 10 or 20% of grocery shoppers seek out glutenfree.It's only a deal if it's where you want to go. Find your travel deal here.

[Guest guest]

Sounds like a good strategy.

Myself, I'd be glad to read any more information you have on this -- don't promise to stop writing about it, please!

H.

In a message dated 8/27/2008 8:49:43 A.M. Pacific Daylight Time, l@... writes:

Hmm - I think I'm wrong here. Its something like 1% have CD and only10% of them are diagnosed, right? Oh well. The interesting stat is theone about the % of shoppers looking for gluten free -- those are theones that would be the current (and growing market). In any case, Ipromise I will not write any more emails in this thread ;-)Next time I go to one of the GF pizza places I will bring lots offriends and point out the that the whole group would have gonesomewhere else otherwise -- so hopefully that will help them feel goodabout making the investment.-LutherIt's only a deal if it's where you want to go. Find your travel deal here.

[Guest guest]

Keep writing on this or any other subject, please!

Regarding the group in general: Each of us adds information, facts, ideas, opinions. We cross-check each other, synthesize, learn. Disagreement is fine, even useful, I think.

H.

In a message dated 8/27/2008 12:04:27 P.M. Pacific Daylight Time, tanya_lombardi@... writes:

dont' stop writing. this is an 'open forum'. if we start critiqueing each others viewpoints, it's no longer open. let's all be open and respectful of contradicting opinions and only good things will come.

It's only a deal if it's where you want to go. Find your travel deal here.

[Guest guest]

Only 1% are diagnosed with CD and I know many of us have never

bothered to get diagnosed. I think enterolab did a study leading them

to believe that as many as 1/3 of the population might be gluten

intolerant to some degree. Someone else quoted a study here recently

that something like 10 or 20% of grocery shoppers seek out gluten

free.

On Wed, Aug 27, 2008 at 8:16 AM, <flatcat9@...> wrote:

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> ________________________________

> It's only a deal if it's where you want to go. Find your travel deal here.

>

> Only 1% of the population has CD, and most of those aren't diagnosed. So,

> the market isn't a large one -- because we're in the center, it seems more

> extensive to us.

>

> H.

>

> In a message dated 8/27/2008 8:11:09 A.M. Pacific Daylight Time,

> l@... writes:

>

> So by offering GF pizza they are broadening

> their market.

>

>

[Guest guest]

Hmm - I think I'm wrong here. Its something like 1% have CD and only

10% of them are diagnosed, right? Oh well. The interesting stat is the

one about the % of shoppers looking for gluten free -- those are the

ones that would be the current (and growing market). In any case, I

promise I will not write any more emails in this thread ;-)

Next time I go to one of the GF pizza places I will bring lots of

friends and point out the that the whole group would have gone

somewhere else otherwise -- so hopefully that will help them feel good

about making the investment.

-Luther

On Wed, Aug 27, 2008 at 8:24 AM, Luther <l@...> wrote:

> Only 1% are diagnosed with CD and I know many of us have never

> bothered to get diagnosed. I think enterolab did a study leading them

> to believe that as many as 1/3 of the population might be gluten

> intolerant to some degree. Someone else quoted a study here recently

> that something like 10 or 20% of grocery shoppers seek out gluten

> free.

>

> On Wed, Aug 27, 2008 at 8:16 AM, <flatcat9@...> wrote:

>>

>>

>>

>> ________________________________

>> It's only a deal if it's where you want to go. Find your travel deal here.

>>

>> Only 1% of the population has CD, and most of those aren't diagnosed. So,

>> the market isn't a large one -- because we're in the center, it seems more

>> extensive to us.

>>

>> H.

>>

>> In a message dated 8/27/2008 8:11:09 A.M. Pacific Daylight Time,

>> l@... writes:

>>

>> So by offering GF pizza they are broadening

>> their market.

>>

>>

>

[Guest guest]

I have always wondered about the numbers involved here. At

200 million people in the US 1 percent would be 2 million and 10% of that would

be 200 thousand, doesn’t it seem like there are more than 200k celiacs

around? What about the self-diagnosed, the gluten intolerant (those who

react to gluten but don’t test positive for CD), and those who just avoid

wheat because it makes them feel bad? How do those come into the

numbers? Has anyone actually tried to count or estimate the number of

actually diagnosed celiacs in the US recently? Or are these numbers based

on data that is 5 to 10 years old?

Pam

From:

[mailto: ] On

Behalf Of flatcat9@...

Sent: Wednesday, August 27, 2008 8:56 AM

Subject: Re: [ ] Re: CD production cost/benefit for

restaurants

Sounds like a good strategy.

Myself, I'd be glad to read any more information you have on this

-- don't promise to stop writing about it, please!

H.

In a message dated 8/27/2008 8:49:43 A.M. Pacific Daylight Time,

l@... writes:

Hmm

- I think I'm wrong here. Its something like 1% have CD and only

10% of them are diagnosed, right? Oh well. The interesting stat is the

one about the % of shoppers looking for gluten free -- those are the

ones that would be the current (and growing market). In any case, I

promise I will not write any more emails in this thread ;-)

Next time I go to one of the GF pizza places I will bring lots of

friends and point out the that the whole group would have gone

somewhere else otherwise -- so hopefully that will help them feel good

about making the investment.

-Luther

[Guest guest]

The GF shopping ranks also include those seeking GFCF groceries to treat autism spectrum. -- Sent from Joe's iPhonehttp://sanbeiji.comOn Aug 27, 2008, at 10:33 AM, "Pam Newbury" <pknewbury@...> wrote:

I have always wondered about the numbers involved here. At

200 million people in the US 1 percent would be 2 million and 10% of that would

be 200 thousand, doesn’t it seem like there are more than 200k celiacs

around? What about the self-diagnosed, the gluten intolerant (those who

react to gluten but don’t test positive for CD), and those who just avoid

wheat because it makes them feel bad? How do those come into the

numbers? Has anyone actually tried to count or estimate the number of

actually diagnosed celiacs in the US recently? Or are these numbers based

on data that is 5 to 10 years old?

Pam

From:

[mailto: ] On

Behalf Of flatcat9aol

Sent: Wednesday, August 27, 2008 8:56 AM

Subject: Re: [ ] Re: CD production cost/benefit for

restaurants

Sounds like a good strategy.

Myself, I'd be glad to read any more information you have on this

-- don't promise to stop writing about it, please!

H.

In a message dated 8/27/2008 8:49:43 A.M. Pacific Daylight Time,

l@... writes:

Hmm

- I think I'm wrong here. Its something like 1% have CD and only

10% of them are diagnosed, right? Oh well. The interesting stat is the

one about the % of shoppers looking for gluten free -- those are the

ones that would be the current (and growing market). In any case, I

promise I will not write any more emails in this thread ;-)

Next time I go to one of the GF pizza places I will bring lots of

friends and point out the that the whole group would have gone

somewhere else otherwise -- so hopefully that will help them feel good

about making the investment.

-Luther

[Guest guest]

dont' stop writing. this is an 'open forum'. if we start critiqueing each others viewpoints, it's no longer open. let's all be open and respectful of contradicting opinions and only good things will come.

_,_._,___

[Guest guest]

I don’t know, but I’m not

diagnosed myself, though I CLEARLY have CD – there was just NO way I

could tolerate adding the gluten back in my diet long enough to get

diagnosed. And what about people such as my son, who is on the autism

spectrum who are on the GF/CF diet, but have never been diagnosed with CD?

According to the Stanford Celiac

Conference (I don’t remember who there, though) 40% of the population have

the genetic markers for celiac, it just may not get ‘turned on’.

I personally know three other celiacs in

my life (meaning, I didn’t meet them here on the board) and of the four

of us, NONE of us has ever been diagnosed.

BTW, , from the Stanford Conference

told me that *most* of the celiacs

she meets have never been diagnosed, but have just figured it out themselves.

So, yeah, I think the numbers are WAY off

(underreported).

Lilly

From: [mailto: ] On Behalf Of Pam Newbury

Sent: Wednesday, August 27, 2008

10:33 AM

Subject: [ ] CD

production cost/benefit for restaurants

I have always wondered about the numbers involved here. At

200 million people in the US 1 percent would be 2 million and 10% of that would

be 200 thousand, doesn’t it seem like there are more than 200k celiacs

around? What about the self-diagnosed, the gluten intolerant (those who

react to gluten but don’t test positive for CD), and those who just avoid

wheat because it makes them feel bad? How do those come into the

numbers? Has anyone actually tried to count or estimate the number of

actually diagnosed celiacs in the US recently? Or are these

numbers based on data that is 5 to 10 years old?

Pam

From:

[mailto: ]

On Behalf Of flatcat9aol

Sent: Wednesday, August 27, 2008

8:56 AM

Subject: Re: [ ] Re:

CD production cost/benefit for restaurants

Sounds like a good strategy.

Myself, I'd be glad to read any more information you have on this

-- don't promise to stop writing about it, please!

H.

In a message dated 8/27/2008 8:49:43 A.M. Pacific Daylight Time,

l@... writes:

Hmm - I think I'm wrong here. Its something

like 1% have CD and only

10% of them are diagnosed, right? Oh well. The interesting stat is the

one about the % of shoppers looking for gluten free -- those are the

ones that would be the current (and growing market). In any case, I

promise I will not write any more emails in this thread ;-)

Next time I go to one of the GF pizza places I will bring lots of

friends and point out the that the whole group would have gone

somewhere else otherwise -- so hopefully that will help them feel good

about making the investment.

-Luther