South Beach Diet Effects on SalesWritten by Laura Ciocan
Food industry needs to adapt to South Beach Diet principles in order to remain profitable.Watching big amount of “low-carb”, diet-friendly versions of foods that appear on market, one would say that South Beach Diet has not affected only people who want to get slim and healthy. Companies involved in food industry have also been feeling South Beach Diet effects: some of products in great demand have brought profit while sales for high-carbs, diet unfriendly ones have drastically fallen. The owners of many businesses have taken measures to adapt their range of products to needs of market, offering low-carb versions of their products. * Some pizza owners have introduced into their menus low-carb pizza, inventing new dough recipes: Donatos Pizzeria from Columbus, Ohio makes a pizza dough of soy protein and other ingredients and it is said to be very tasty too. Others just offer “pizza in a bucket” - no dough at all, only topping ingredients (Escondido, California, Pit Stop Pasta). * Doughnut producers have been experiencing serious inconvenience – The New York company, Krispy Kreme Doughnuts Inc. has registered a serious decrease in sales that diminished its quarterly profit by more than half and lowered 17 percent of value of its stock. It plans a change in menu – offering sugar-free, low-fat products. * Bakeries are at a pinch. George Weston Ltd. has halted production of an Entenmann's baked goods factory in Northlake, Illinois in process of cutting costs. The company produced bagels, pastry and other goods. The flat-bread maker Damascus Bakeries substituted flour wih grains such as flax, soy and added oat fiber. Healthy sandwich roll-ups with reduced amount of carbs resulted and a high fiber content. * Citrus producers introduce low-carb drinks. Florida is second world oranges producer after Brazil and most of production is transformed into juice. With South Beach Diet book advising people against consumption of orange juice because of its high fructose levels, State Department of Citrus, Florida’s $9 billion industry, has every reason to be concerned. The consumption had a noticeable drop since these diets reached a critical mass. The state Department of Citrus tries to direct its marketing strategy to convince consumers that orange juice can be compatible with dieting and to emphasize its benefits for health. The introduction of low-carb drinks will cause wholesale prices to rise.
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Your credit file may not reflect all your credit accounts. Although most national department store and all-purpose bank credit card accounts will be included in your file, not all creditors supply information to credit bureaus : Some travel, entertainment, gasoline card companies, local retailers, and credit unions are among those creditors that don't. If you've been told that you were denied credit because of an "insufficient credit file" or "no credit file" and you have accounts with creditors that don't appear in your credit file, ask credit reporting agency to add this information to future reports. Although they are not required to do so, many credit bureaus will add verifiable accounts for a fee. However, understand that if these creditors do not report to credit bureau on a regular basis, added items will not be updated in your file. Sample Letter to Add Positive Information to Your Credit RecordDate Credit Bureau Name Address City, State Zip To Whom It May concern : After reviewing my recent credit report from your company, I noted that my credit report does not include information that I know is important to providing a complete picture of me as a credit using consumer. Therefore, I request that you add following account information on my credit file. Creditor : Address : Account Type : Date Opened : Credit Limit :
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