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Dear Friends,

After receiving the note below I went to the new Panera bread shop in my 
area.

The manager there told me they DEFINITELY did not have any breads that would 
meet our specifications, and showed me all the nutritional writeups on bread.

She told me that the man who owns St. Louis Bread (the owner of Panera) is a 
vegetarian and very interested in health issues, hence, their new line of low 
carb breads/bagels developed because so many people asked for them.

She strongly suggested that we all write to Panera (www.panerabread.com) 
stating our situation, the number of people we have looking for a good quality 
bread, and requesting them to look into developing something. She was very 
specific that the reason they now have low-carb items is because people wrote to 
them requesting it.

Would someone out there who knows the number of celiacs in the U.S. please 
let us know so we may include that number in our e-mails to them?  If we don't 
all ask, we'll never know if they would have come up with something.   Wouldn't 
it be wonderful to have delicious PANERA bread for your next meal?  Would you 
please make it a priority to write  - for ALL of us?

Thank you.

Jean Foster
Bucks County, PASubj: FW: Contact Us 
Date: Thursday, August 12, 2004 3:24:29 PM
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Dear Jea,
Thank you for contacting Panera Bread. Although we do not have a bread that 
meets your special dietary requirements, we have other items on our menu you 
may enjoy. I have included our gluten-free menu items below. I will note your 
request for a celiac-friendly bread product so that it will be considered by our 
product development group.

Thanks again for contacting us. We appreciate your business and value your 
comments.
Sincerely,
Kay
Customer Comment Coordinator

GLUTEN FREE LIST - Panera Bread

Salads:    (including the salad dressing)
(source of modified food starch is corn)

Greek Salad
Fandango Salad
Caesar Salad (without croutons)
Asian Sesame Chicken Salad (without Won Ton noodles)
Classic Cafe' Salad
Strawberry Poppyseed Salad

Soups:
Moroccan Tomato Lentil
Santa Fe Roasted Corn
Vegetable and Sirloin Beef
Vegetarian Black Bean
Vegetarian Lentil
Mesa Bean & Vegetable

Salad Dressings:

Balsamic Vinaigrette
Caesar
Greek
Poppyseed
Raspberry Vinaigrette
Asian Sesame Vinaigrette

Beverages:
Coffee
Juice, both apple and orange
Lemonade
Milk
Soda, fountain and bottled
Tea, regular and Chai Tea

-----Original Message-----
From: Jeaners33@aol [mailto:Jeaners33@aol]
Sent: Wednesday, August 11, 2004 1:45 PM
To: contactus
Subject: Contact Us


Topic: Something not on this list
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Email Address: Jeaners33@aol
First Name: Jea
Last Name: Foster
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Comments: I don't think this falls into the realm of nutritional value.  I 
(and many, many other celiac sprue people) are urgently seeking a fine quality 
bread made neither from wheat, rye, oats, nor barley

While I read the writreup on your breads (and they sound scrumptious) I was 
unable to tell if any of them meet this category.

Would kindly let me know.

Many thanks,     Jean Foster

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