Hi

count me in, emails will be sent this evening !!!

lisa

Here's my reply from tesco. When i have calmed down i will reply to it!!!


Thank you for contacting us with your request for us to stock low
carbohydrate products.

Because it is our Buying Teams who decide what we sell in our stores, I
have passed a copy of your letter to their department. I cannot guarantee anything, but I can assure you the matter will be given consideration.


At Tesco, we are concerned that there has not been enough research into the long term effects of being on the Atkins diet. The diet is not very old as it was only launched in early 90's

There has been good & bad press about Atkins so there are various pro's & con's. We are looking at possibly stocking the Atkins branded products soon.

Thank you for taking the time and trouble to contact us.


Kind Regards

Adrian Russell
Customer Service Manager

If you wish to contact us please click on one of the following links.

UK customers - http://www.tesco.com/contact.htm
Republic of Ireland customers - http://www.tesco.ie/contact.htm

grrrrrr,give em what for ebbie!

Hi to all. Tholian8's other half, and an actual Brit.

I started to write an email to Waitrose (where we shop most) and I got stuck. So I am posting here just to check; what are you actually asking the supermarket for? I want them to power-buy low or no-sugar sauces, dressings, tinned things, ready meals, deli items etc, but are you also asking for particular things that they don't stock at all? I'm being a little bit Duh (actually I am ill with a cold) so bear with me and scribble some ideas down if you have a minute.

Thanks
In solidarity

Gez

I asked them to stock more low carb products and/or Atkins products or similar.
Also the shops that already have seperate aisles for special diets eg, wheat free etc i suggest they could be stocked there.


Still fuming over Tesco's email, 1990's!!!!!!!, and what they saying it's ok for me to have a diet of chocolate and crisps as they sell them!!!! grrrrrrrr

Keep up the good work girls. I'll do some emailing if I get a spare minute or three!!!!

As opposed to... what? Smoking, the long term effects of which they're certain are 100% safe...? Nice to know they're prioritising people's health over and above profit...

We have a Tesco's up the road... Sells a vast number of cakes, cream cakes, biscuits, sweets, fizzy drinks, and so on. Pure 100% trash food. Now where's their concern at the research in to long term effects when they ordered that in?!

If only they'd read the scientific research on Atkins before damning it out of hand based purely on word of mouth propoganda.

PS... Fantastic suggestion Ebbie! Sorry I'm a bit late to the thread, but I'll definitely get on to mailing all the companies.

Also occurred to me another string to our bow is to simply keep an eye out in your local supermarkets for their comments and suggestions box. Most of them have one... if they're getting direct requests in store for low carb stuff, it might help.

Especially for folk who presently buy Atkins products online at places like Carblife... just tell them how much of your money is going elsewhere each week and they'll soon rethink their "ethics"!!!

Hiya!

Perhaps we should approach this slightly differently, in view of such closed-mindedness about Atkins...
Maybe let's not mention the diet at all, but say that we're living a lifestyle in which we choose to reduce our refined carbohydrate intake, and to this end would they look at stocking things like soya flour or other carb-free or low-carb alternatives, as well as some snacks and things?

That way it's not up to the supermarket to judge the "diet" but only to cater towards a different lifestyle (which they do with the smoking, etc)...

Just a suggestion

Steven

I had to go into Tesco's today to have something to eat. When it finally got to my turn (loads of staff standing chatting only one serving as usual) i asked if the sausage's contained any wheat (i have a wheat intolerance)
The girl went out the back came back and said 'yeah they do', i asked her if that was the case with the vegetarian sausages as well (it was too complicated for her to ask about them the first time) so off she went out the back came back and said 'yeah they do'. Wasn't 100% sure she had actually checked but wasn't going to take the risk so just settled for egg and bacon. A few minutes later someone in the queue moaned about the amount of time they had been waiting and one of the girls (not even the one that had served me!) Said 'i'm sorry but we can't help it if we have people questioning everything they want to eat because they are on that Atkins diet'. Well to say i went mad was an understatement, i let rip at the girl who made the comment told her and the people around who could hear about my condition and what happens in very graphic detail if i do eat wheat (ha that made the queue shorter!!) told her where she could stick her eggs and bacon and went off to customer services to complain.
Well after standing in the queue there for 10 minutes while the 2 members of staff chatted to each other, i'd had enough and walked out before i exploded. I will not be putting one foot inside that store again, and as i work in community care that is not only my business they have lost but also all the clients i do shopping for!

Anyway gone off the point a bit haven't i, just by asking for LC food or wheat free for that matter we will be labelled as 'Atkins dieters' whether we are actually following the diet or not.

I've had a reply from ASDA saying thank you very much for your suggestion,We were very interested to hear your suggestion and have passed it onto the relevant team here at ASDA House. We are always pleased to receive feed back from our customers and I am grateful to you for taking the time to contact us.

very polite don't you think? but not convinced this will actually go anywhere this is probably a standard response.

Oh well keep trying, but as of yet only ones who have responded to me.

Sounds like the reply i got Jaqui, so it probably is a standard reply.

Hopefully though it is someones job to actually read these emails so with lots asking for the same thing, they might just take notice and start stocking LC!!

well you never know, if we all send one in they will surley have to stop and re-think their ideas.

My reply from Holland and Barrett;

Thank-you for your e-mail

We do stock some low carb bars and protein powders. We are reviewing
our
range and testing out a number of new products for sale in our stores.
We
stock soya flour, which is popular with Atkin's Dieters. We also stock
a
multivitamin without iron (ABC Plus Senior) and a product called Carb
Curb
which contains White Kidney Bean, Chromium and Gymnema Sylvestre which
helps to curb cravings for carbohydrates.

We do not stock Stevia as it is classed as a novel food with no
nutritional
benefit in this country. (But artifical sweetners are ok????)

We hope this helps. If you require any further information please do
not
hesitate to contact us

Regards

Claire Nicholls
Customer Services

My reply from Marks and Spencers

Dear Ebbie,

Thank you for your email.

At present we have no plans to introduce a range specifically for low
carb
diets. However, it is always useful to have this sort of feedback to
consider when planning future lines. I will pass your email onto our
development department so they can be made aware of your comments.

Best wishes,
Jennet