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Old November 16th, 2003, 01:59 AM
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With cattle prices topping $1.00/pound, bread & pasta makers
complaining of lower sales, and specialty low-carb stores popping up
like weeds - er, wildflowers - and with major food manufacturers about
to flood the market with low-carb versions of their products by the
first half of next year, there has been a flurry of news articles
lately focusing on the economic effects of the low-carb juggernaut.

I've added a separate topic & forum on "The Business of Low Carb" at
the Low Carb Savvy Shopper site to gather these articles together.

http://lowcarbshopper.bestmessageboard.com/?vForumID=30

Here are some of the most recent articles on the business of low-carb:


11-15 - Beef Prices Rising; Heartland Producers Benefiting
KTVO-3 (Iowa)
Beef cattle prices paid to producers are at unprecedented highs right
now. Economists with the Nat'l Cattlemen’s Beef Ass'n even say, the
market shows no signs of cooling soon. This has been great news for
Heartland producers who are living it up at over a dollar a pound some
weeks. But what is this trend, that's affecting agriculture? Steak,
steak and more steak, that's the trend.
article:
http://www.ktvotv3.com/Global/story....9&nav=1LFsJ7dg
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http://www.bestmessageboard.com/Disp...vArticleID=270

11-15 - Low-carb menus fatten bottom line
The Tennessean
Will Ruby Tuesday's new low-carb offerings do anything for bottom
line? According to analysts who follow its stock, the company is
adding the menu items in a way that won't rob its bank account and
should contribute to higher earnings. Ruby Tuesday is not the first
restaurant chain to discover America's growing hatred for all things
carbohydrate.
article:
http://www.tennessean.com/business/a...nt_ID=42525648
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http://www.bestmessageboard.com/Disp...vArticleID=272

11-15 - Prime Cuts, Prime Prices
Lowell (Mass.) Sun
Where's the beef? Entering the stratosphere. Demand is outpacing
supply, and beef cattle are being rushed to the slaughter to feed a
nation hungry for protein. Less beef, higher prices. Breed bulls are
selling for $40,000 and prices for live cattle have been trading at as
much as $1.20 per pound. 80 cents is considered healthy. A few years
ago prices hovered around 50 cents.
article:
http://www.lowellsun.com/Stories/0,1...768276,00.html
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http://www.bestmessageboard.com/Disp...vArticleID=273

11-14 - Leaders at durum forum talk about effect Atkins Diet has on
industry
Minot Daily News
Four leaders in the American pasta industry discussed obesity and the
Atkins Diet Wednesday, how it has changed consumers' perceptions of
grains and how the pasta industry can regain its position as a healthy
food. Luke Marano, Sr., who just announced a $7.9 million expansion to
Minot Milling and is a 3rd-generation pasta maker, said pasta is a
healthy food. "Pasta is a good food and it's a fun food. It's good and
it's good for you. It's like candy, you'll always come back to it."
article:
http://www.minotdailynews.com/daily/...1&-Max=1&-Find
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11-14 - Consumers seek alternatives to costly beef
(SW Florida) Herald Tribune
The Sammy Frog's restaurant at Lakewood Ranch used to have NY strip on
the menu for $18.95, but it removed the item earlier this month
because of escalating beef prices. Increasing demand for beef from
consumers on low-carb diets is partially responsible for the higher
prices. So is the Midwest drought, as well as the outbreak of mad cow
disease in Canada. Although ranchers are benefiting from the trend,
restaurateurs and consumers are feeling the pain.
article:
http://www.heraldtribune.com/apps/pb...311140582/1060
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http://www.bestmessageboard.com/Disp...vArticleID=269

11-14 - Low-carb equals high profits for specialty shops
San Antonio Express-News
It was two weeks before Marian Chamberlain and sister Susan Mesko were
scheduled to open their new venture, Low Carb Depot. To publicize the
store, Chamberlain bought time on a local radio talk show. Two weeks
before the first day of business and with no store sign in sight,
passers-by knocked on the storefront door. “They'd ask, 'Is this going
to be Low Carb Depot?' ” Chamberlain recalled. “They would tell me
they'd been all over town looking for where the store might open.”
article:
http://news.mysanantonio.com/story.c...10&xlc=1084528
cached:
http://www.bestmessageboard.com/Disp...vArticleID=271

11-13 - Low-carb craze bites into biz
Reuters via Crain's Chicago Business
For Jim Williams, the popularity of low-carb diets has been bad news.
Instead of losing weight, he's losing sales. Williams — CEO of
Monterey Pasta Co. — said the impact is difficult to measure "but we
know it's there." Purveyors of breads, pastas and other high-carb
products must consider whether to adapt to the low-carb craze or risk
losing sales in a competitive food market where even a small falloff
can bruise profits.
article: http://chicagobusiness.com/cgi-bin/news.pl?id=10679
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11-11 - Low-carb diets bite into sales of bread
Arizona Republic
Jeff Benkel got a sense of the popularity of the Atkins diet when his
bakery introduced a low-carbohydrate loaf last week. "We introduced a
test run at the Biltmore (Fashion Square) farmers' market and sold
about a dozen loaves right away," said Benkel, whose family owns two
Arizona Bread Company bakery/cafes in the Valley.
article:
http://www.azcentral.com/arizonarepu...11bread11.html
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11-11 - Nation's First Low-Carb Conference to Explore Risks and
Opportunities in $15B Industry
BusinessWire
The nation's first business conference examining opportunities and
risks in the booming low-carb manufacturing and retailing industry
will be held in Denver, CO on Jan. 22 & 23, 2004. Low-Carb experts,
manufacturers and retailers will converge to explore a variety of best
practices and relevant issues. The summit is hosted by LowCarbiz, the
weekly trade newsletter of the Low-Carb industry.
article:
http://home.businesswire.com/portal/... 6&newsLang=en
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http://www.bestmessageboard.com/Disp...vArticleID=260

11-10 - Effect of rising beef prices felt by restaurants, customers
Meridien (CT) Record-Journal
Blame it on the high number of low-carb dieters or the cases of mad
cow disease in Canada. For whatever reason, local restaurateurs are
feeling the financial pain of skyrocketing beef prices. Restaurants
are paying up to 40% to 50% more for beef than they did last year.
Among the reasons their meat suppliers are giving them are the popular
Atkins Diet and Canada's inability to import beef.
article:
http://www.record-journal.com/articl...ews/news01.txt
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http://www.bestmessageboard.com/Disp...vArticleID=256

11-08 - Bakers feeling protein pinch
Rocky Mountain News
As meat replaces bread as the staff of life for a growing number of
Americans, some local food companies are making changes. And some are
capitalizing on the low-carb trend to expand their businesses.
Nationally, some bread companies and bakeries are reporting slower
sales as more consumers switch to the Atkins or other low-carb eating
plans. Closer to home, two Colorado bread bakers say the niches they
fill are a hedge against dropping demand, but both are still tracking
the trend.
article:
http://www.rockymountainnews.com/drm...412052,00.html
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http://www.bestmessageboard.com/Disp...vArticleID=254

11-01 - Ranchers credit meaty diets for high beef prices
AP via Ft. Wayne News-Sentinel
A lanky Texan like Paul Genho never had much interest in celebrity
doctors and their slim-down trends. Until now. Thanks to the toppled
food pyramid approach advised by diet gurus such as Dr. Atkins and Dr.
Agatson, red meat sales are up again, and the fattier the meat the
better. "Beef is hot, beef is back," said Genho, manager of the
825,000-acre King Ranch, one of the country's top beef producers.
"People are sick of chicken."
article: http://www.fortwayne.com/mld/newssentinel/7155516.htm
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http://www.bestmessageboard.com/Disp...vArticleID=242

11-01 - Breadmakers feel pain from Atkins dieters´ gains
AP via MaineToday.com
At Standard Baking, a bakery in Portland, Alison Pray said sales are
"nearly flat" after growing 10-15% a year previously. Pray sees plenty
of couples stopping by, but often only one partner is eating. The
other is cutting carbs. She´s a bit incredulous when customers ask if
she produces anything consistent with the Atkins diet. "This one
person asked me, ´Can you make a low-carb bread?´ I said, I wouldn´t
know how to do it," she said. A few blocks away, Anthony´s Italian
Kitchen has adapted...
article: http://news.mainetoday.com/apwire/D7UHUF7O0-304.shtml
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http://www.bestmessageboard.com/Disp...vArticleID=245

10-30 - Atkins Plan Looks Healthy To Investors
Newsday
Two investment firms have acquired a controlling stake in the rapidly
growing low-carb food marketing company founded by diet guru Dr.
Robert C. Atkins. The deal announced yesterday, less than two weeks
after Atkins' Manhattan medical practice closed its doors for the last
time, comes as consumers are beginning to spend freely on an
ever-growing array of foods labeled low carb.
article:
http://www.newsday.com/news/health/n...alth-headlines
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http://www.bestmessageboard.com/Disp...vArticleID=238

10-23 - Retailers feed low-carb diet frenzy
Detroit News
It used to be that people looking to slim down had to wrestle their
cravings alone. These days, a growing army of retailers and
restaurants is giving new willpower to consumers committed to low-carb
diets. Powerhouses like Kroger, 7-Eleven, Wal-Mart and others are
throwing their weight behind low-carb products, hoping to boost their
bottom lines while shrinking those of their shoppers.
article:
http://www.detnews.com/2003/business...c01-303484.htm
cached:
http://www.bestmessageboard.com/Disp...vArticleID=228

10-19 - Dr. Atkins' Legacy (company profile)
Newsday
In three decades of authoring best-selling books, gabbing on talk
shows and granting countless magazine interviews, Dr. Robert Atkins
became synonymous with the controversial low-carb regime that tapped
into America's obsession with losing weight. After Atkins died in
April at age 72, the fate of the so-called Atkins revolution was up in
the air. But under the guidance of two low-profile magazine industry
execs tapped by Atkins to run his company 3 years ago, the Atkins
approach lives on.
article:
http://www.newsday.com/business/ny-b...ness-headlines
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http://www.bestmessageboard.com/Disp...vArticleID=223

10-19 - Atkins Nutritionals opens Aurora, CO facility
Denver Post
Atkins Nutritionals Inc. is attempting to meet burgeoning demand for
low-carb foods west of the Mississippi more quickly by opening a huge
distribution center in Aurora, CO. The 145,000-sq. ft. warehouse
opened Oct. 1. From there, the company ships about 15 truck trailers
daily full of Atkins brand low-carb muffin mixes, protein bars, shakes
and other foods to Western retailers and consumers.
article:
http://www.denverpost.com/Stories/0,...706688,00.html
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http://www.bestmessageboard.com/Disp...vArticleID=226

10-19 - Bread industry looks for ways to counter the low-carb craze
Kansas City Star
The bread industry is banding together to look for ways to counter the
low-carb diet trend. The effort comes on the heels of research from
the recently formed National Bread Leadership Council, which found
that an estimated 40% of consumers say they're eating less bread than
a year ago. The fledgling organization is holding its first National
Bread Summit next month. Carbs are expected to be a big topic.
article:
http://www.bayarea.com/mld/mercuryne...ss/7051129.htm
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http://www.bestmessageboard.com/Disp...vArticleID=227

10-16 - High times for low-carb
Orange County Register
30 years ago, people laughed at Robert Atkins. Nutritionists snickered
at the low-carb diet. The AMA snarled, calling it "potentially
dangerous," and "biochemically incorrect." Congress even held
hearings. When Dr. Atkins died in April, he had barely had time to
enjoy how his once-shunned eating ideas have been embraced by at least
12 million people in the US and how a new food industry has sprung up
around the diet: grocery stores, food manufacturers and restaurants
dedicated to low-carb foods.
article: http://www.fortwayne.com/mld/newssentinel/7031073.htm
cached:
http://www.bestmessageboard.com/Disp...vArticleID=217

10-10 - Low-carb diets blamed for decline in orange juice sales
AP via Wichita Eagle
The popularity of the Atkins and South Beach diets appears to be
slimming down Florida's citrus industry and now juice makers are
studying how to counter the trend. Sales of orange juice, which is
high in sugar, have been dropping for two years now. In the past year,
sales of refrigerated orange juice were down 1.2%, and sales of frozen
concentrated orange juice dropped 18.5%.
article: Low-carb diets blamed for decline in orange juice sales

10-07 - Eggs v potatoes: The Atkins diet stand-off
BBC News
Two foodstuffs are vying for our attention with national awareness
campaigns this week. One promotion is buoyed by burgeoning sales,
thanks in part to a trendy weight-loss plan; the other sets its cap at
a nation suddenly shunning starchy foods. "Oh dear, is it potato week
as well?" says a spokeswoman for the British Egg Council. "I guess it
is an Atkins showdown."
article: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/magazine/3167556.stm
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10-01 - Boost for bread
BakeryAndSnacks.com
Britain’s Federation of Bakers will next month be hoping to improve
the image of bread, still one of the nation’s favourite staple foods
but suffering from the growing popularity of the US-imported low-carb
diet. ‘British Bread Month’ running throughout October will aim to
encourage consumers to eat 'an extra slice a day' as, penny for penny,
bread is the most nutritionally rich food available, claims the bread
industry.
article: http://www.bakeryandsnacks.com/news/news.asp?id=414
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09-28 - Weigh****chers bursts at seams - thanks to Atkins
The Independent
Weigh****chers, the flabby older sister of the Atkins diet, is
bursting at the seams. The world's best-known diet club is claiming
its highest UK membership ever with more than 7 million Britons -
about one in six adults - now on the scheme. Weigh****chers'
resurgence is being put down to, among other things, a combination of
anxieties about the potential health risks of "crash diets" such as
the Atkins, and the endorsement of celebrities ranging from Hollywood
stars to the Duchess of York.
article:
http://news.independent.co.uk/uk/hea...p?story=447774
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Old November 16th, 2003, 02:30 AM
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thanks! i see many articles i haven't read!

 




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