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Boosting Customer Loyalty with Glutenfree Options GREAT: Glutenfree Resource Education Awareness Training

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Learn more about gluten-free opportunities in this presentation. Visit http://www.restaurant.org/events/webinars for other National Restaurant Association online seminars.

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Boosting Customer Loyalty with  Gluten‐free Options

GREAT:

Gluten‐free Resource Education  Awareness Training

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Presented by: Nancy Baker Director of Education, 

National Foundation for Celiac Awareness

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Founded in 2003.

Mission:  Drive diagnosis 

through awareness.

GREAT is  an 

awareness  campaign 

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Founded in 2007

Incorporated into NFCA in 

2008.

A standardized supported 

curriculum.

What is  GREAT?

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No Promises ………… But what we know …….

• Compounding customers

• Market permanency

• Added value

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American spending on  gluten‐free products…

• 2002: Increase of 34% over    previous years  

• 2004: $459 million 

• 2005: $660+ million

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GLUTEN‐FREE Annual Growth Rate

25% over next  (few) years!!!!! *

*Packaged Facts Report

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The Gluten‐free Market Projection

By 2010….$1.7 BILLION

*Packaged Facts Report

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Gluten‐free Market

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Why this increase in gluten‐free?

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Gluten‐free is NOT  A TREND

100,000 people are  causing a market  change, WHAT 

WILL 3 MILLION  DEMAND?  

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Gluten‐free is 

NOT A TREND!

It is a permanent

solution to a  national health concern.  

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Gluten‐free Misconception #1

Misconception:It won’t taste good.

ANSWER:  If you are a good 

chef with good materials and 

good training.  IT WILL

TASTE 

GOOD!

Not a Menu Compromise but 

Added Value

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Gluten‐free Misconception #2

Misconception:It is too difficult

ANSWER:

If you can follow a 

recipe, shop, and prevent 

salmonella – you can operate 

a kitchen that offers gluten‐

free options. 

GREAT Kitchens is 

affordable, effective, and an 

entry into this sustainable 

market. 

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Strategy

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Implementation

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Buy a good product, adopt a good  process, and you will get repeat 

customers.

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So how can I  leverage my  commitment?

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CENTRAL CONCEPTGluten is 

toxic to  someone 

with  celiac  disease.

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Remember:   A   B   C

Awareness:  identifying the problemBring in the supplies:finding a solution 

Cross contamination cautionavoiding pitfalls 

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ABC

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Awareness

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Gluten‐free GrainsAlmond Meal Amaranth Arrowroot Bean Flours

Buckwheat Coconut Flour Corn Starch/Meal/Flour

Roasted Kasha

Potato Starch Quinoa Brown/White Rice Flour

Garbanzo /Gram Flour

Sorghum Flour Tapioca Starch/Flour

Teff Guar Gum

Xanthan

Gum Soy Nut Flours Sweet Rice Flour

NOTE: MSG -

monosodium glutamate is gluten-free

• .

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Toxic Grains

.

Barley Bulgur Couscous Durum

Einkorn Emmer Farina Farro

Graham Rye  Kamut Spelt

Triticale Semolina Wheat Germ Wheat Starch

NOTE:  Malt is derived from barley and therefore unsafe.  

Boxed cereal manufacturers rely heavily on malt.  

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Bring in the Supplies

Read ALL Labels and read 

ABOUT ingredients.  

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Hidden Gluten

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Shopping– Specialty ingredients are more expensive (5x higher) 

– Think creatively and away from habit 

– Find HIGH QUALITY and local suppliers

– Enlist the help of your supplier……. 

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Sample Italian Restaurant Menu Part 1 Supplies

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Cross‐Contamination Caution

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The Risks

You will lose customer confidence.

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Sample Italian Restaurant Menu Part 2  Hidden Gluten and Cross Contamination?

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Gluten‐Free No FEAR

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GREAT will help control your         gluten‐free variables.

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Some important statistics are as easy  to remember as 1,2,3.

• ONE: No less than 1/133 Americans have  Celiac Disease. 

• TWO: Over 2

Million Americans (2.96 million)  have Celiac Disease. 

• THREE: Only 3% of those with the disease  know it.

THE ONLY KNOW TREATMENT FOR CELIAC  DISEASE IS A GLUTEN‐FREE DIET

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THE ONLY KNOW  TREATMENT FOR 

CELIAC DISEASE IS A  GLUTEN‐FREE DIET

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What is the industry’s weak point?

Coordination, leadership, and cooperation by 

national distributors to drive down cost and help with selection.  

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GREAT strengthens the weak point for  restaurants:

Implementation and Employee  Training

IF THE SERVER IS NOT TRAINED AND COMMITTED, THEN THERE IS A GOOD

CHANCE THE MEAL WILL NOT BE GLUTEN‐FREE.

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Gluten‐free education at its BEST.

• DON’T guess.  Get the exact 

formula for success.• $150/kitchen with a sliding 

scale for chains.  • Cooperation with national 

organization.• Regional and professional 

assistance.• TOP NOTCH QUALITY 

Program approved for 

continuing education by the 

American Dietetic 

Association and the 

American Culinary 

Federation.  

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What is unique about GREAT?

INSIDER’S VIEWCreated by a multidisciplinary team

Recognized by the American Dietetic Association  and American Culinary Federation

System of support from trained, professionalsOnline, easy access

Coordination with national organizationHelp with your greatest variable:  EMPLOYEE TRAINING

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D is for Diagnosis. The treatment  cannot be worse  than the illness.  

We need people diagnosed.

We need GOOD options for those people.

YOU can be part of the solution.

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Contact:

Nancy Baker

[email protected]

NFCA West Coast OfficeMention this webinar

to get a verified 

course for $100 per kitchen.