Sunday, March 5. 2006
Tesco's gluten free shelf stocking habits
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I agree with the above comment about Tesco. I have been on a wheat free/ dairy free diet for around 8 months and whenever i find a new product i can tolerate and enjoy it seems to become discontinued without much notice. It disappears with only a few days of the discontinued sign appearing on the price ticket. With a ristricted diet there is limited choice of the foods i can enjoy so when i find a product i can enjoy it is a pleasure but when it disappears again i am disappointed.
Tesco would never discontinue a 'normal' product as quickly as they seem to discontinue there free from range!
Tesco would never discontinue a 'normal' product as quickly as they seem to discontinue there free from range!
it's short and sweet: all those wheat-free or gluten-free snacks are now being sold "on consignment" by amazon.com!!
i know a similar situation when i had been buying "baji's papadums direct and then suddenly, they're GONE!! where? i wrote.... they NEVER responded at all; i discovered the truth on google's.
i feel betrayed; loyal customers and/or people who NEED certain products are NOT being rewarded for their loyalty anymore.
i know a similar situation when i had been buying "baji's papadums direct and then suddenly, they're GONE!! where? i wrote.... they NEVER responded at all; i discovered the truth on google's.
i feel betrayed; loyal customers and/or people who NEED certain products are NOT being rewarded for their loyalty anymore.
I'm on my last bag of Baji's Papadums and am already in denial that I won't see them again! Please tell me what happened at Amazon and why they're gone?
thanks, Rise
thanks, Rise
I orginally sent the e-mail about the tescos discontinuing products - after e-mailling them about certain products and harrassing staff when i visited they are now stocking wheat free nan bread - which really do taste like nans bread even though they do cost £1.99 for 2 I think it is the best wheat free breads that they stock - so basically my advice is to bombard the shops to stock! without our voices being heard they will continue to miss us out!!
I find tescos have the biggest range of wheat/gluten free products of any supermarket and my local one is large and I can't say I have noticed items dissapearing. The above mentioned naan breads are shockingly spot on! But breads in general unless made fresh at home are best left on the shelves for my tastes.
My biggest gripe with my tescos is the wheat free section is next to the organic section and the shelf stockers inter-mix the 2, I have on occasion bought a product only to descover that its organic and not wheat free which is pretty annoying.
My biggest gripe with my tescos is the wheat free section is next to the organic section and the shelf stockers inter-mix the 2, I have on occasion bought a product only to descover that its organic and not wheat free which is pretty annoying.
hi iv not long found out my 2yr old daughter as ceoliacs, and she needs to be on a gluten free diet for life. im all new to this and in a pickle. they tell me it'll be ok and ill learn to get the hang off it. but im not sure they did say go on the to the internet and find out some infomation, so if any one who as this disease wiv a child under 2 i really could do with ur help. if u av any suggestions or whot's the best to thing's to buy that taste normal, because these foods really are fowl. i wouldnt feed them to my worst enemy so please please help me!!!
I find that my diet has improved radically as I tend to cook pretty much everything fresh using base ingredients. Forget bought bread'esque products - they really suck, I have experimented making my own and although still far from bread, my tortilla wraps are prefect. my naan's and pizza base are better than anything you can buy including wheat based ones.
Wheat free pasta is pretty good, but as with all speciallity foods £xpensive. Many indian foods like popudums and bajii's/pakoras use non-wheat flower (lentil and chickpea flowers).
Wheat free pasta is pretty good, but as with all speciallity foods £xpensive. Many indian foods like popudums and bajii's/pakoras use non-wheat flower (lentil and chickpea flowers).
Hello there. I see your daughter who is 2 has just been diagnosed - I was about 18 months old when I was diagnosed (ooo about 38 years ago now!) and 1 have never been bothered by the diet - to me its just the norm and food that you think tastes strange is perfectly normal to me. So don't worry too much about her, the awareness of Gluten Free is 100 times better these days than when I was growing up. And yes the diet is a lot healthier as you cook your own food so you know exactly what goes into it.
Hi all,
I happened on this site whilst looking up Tesco's gluten-free products. My son has been housebound with severe ME for 15 years and is best on a gluten-free diet.
Robert, your naan's, tortilla wraps and pizza bases sound good. Would it be possible to have the recipes? Fingers crossed as your comment was back in 2007.
Many thanks.
I happened on this site whilst looking up Tesco's gluten-free products. My son has been housebound with severe ME for 15 years and is best on a gluten-free diet.
Robert, your naan's, tortilla wraps and pizza bases sound good. Would it be possible to have the recipes? Fingers crossed as your comment was back in 2007.
Many thanks.
The fact that your daughter is only two should make it much easier to get her on a GF diet, than if she were older. The products taste bad to you because you're used to something different. When I was first diagnosed (in my 40's) I thought the bread was terrible, but after doing without for three months I had a piece of GF toast and it suddenly tasted delicious.
As has already been said, home-made food is definitely better than anything in the shops, but if you're not into cooking there are still good alternatives. My pharmacist advised me to get the doctor to prescribe as many packs of bread mix as possible, because it's worth twice as much as loaves, biscuits, pasta etc. (There is a minimum points guideline but it's up to each individual doctor whether or not to go above this). Then he lets me exchange this for whatever I want from Lifestyle Healthcare Ltd. They have a huge range of breads and pastas, plus other products such as sausage rolls, pies, cakes, etc., and they taste great.
Not all pharmacists will allow you to exchange products in this way, but you should shop around till you find one who does. Mine says there's no reason why they shouldn't because it's no trouble for them and they still get paid for the products.
Good luck with getting your wee one onto a GF diet.
As has already been said, home-made food is definitely better than anything in the shops, but if you're not into cooking there are still good alternatives. My pharmacist advised me to get the doctor to prescribe as many packs of bread mix as possible, because it's worth twice as much as loaves, biscuits, pasta etc. (There is a minimum points guideline but it's up to each individual doctor whether or not to go above this). Then he lets me exchange this for whatever I want from Lifestyle Healthcare Ltd. They have a huge range of breads and pastas, plus other products such as sausage rolls, pies, cakes, etc., and they taste great.
Not all pharmacists will allow you to exchange products in this way, but you should shop around till you find one who does. Mine says there's no reason why they shouldn't because it's no trouble for them and they still get paid for the products.
Good luck with getting your wee one onto a GF diet.
I am very happy with most products sold at Tesco's but agree that things come and go in the health sections. While I could go to the closer to home shops I puposely take the time to make a trip over to Tesco's only to find my beloved "healthy things" are no longer there. I then need to a visit a few more times in hope that they or something similar will come back. I've now stopped visiting the store because fo this.
i do agree bout tesco ripping us off our fav foods.
i was buying most of the food organic i.e. organic potatoes, organic green tea, and organic cereals. and they have stopped all of the organic foods that i used to enjoy. i feel very disappointed coz these were full of flavor and fun to eat.
i was buying most of the food organic i.e. organic potatoes, organic green tea, and organic cereals. and they have stopped all of the organic foods that i used to enjoy. i feel very disappointed coz these were full of flavor and fun to eat.
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