For UK Coeliacs: Is your supermarket reducing its gluten-free offer?

[cristiana]

If you are from the UK and reading this, I wondered if you have noticed a reduction in your local supermarket's gluten-free offer?

The other day I sent my daughter to our local convenience store to buy something for me.  It is a small branch of one of the major supermarkets and normally dedicates the end of an aisle to a small range of gluten-free essentials.  But she returned empty-handed because the gluten-free shelves had completely disappeared.   Last week I went into a large branch of the same supermarket  in our local city,  and whilst their bread, cakes, biscuits, pasta and flour aisle was still excellent, the Free From freezer section had some gluten free profiteroles but the rest of it had been replaced with Vegan food - all very nice, but not gluten free.

I haven't had a chance to speak to either store's management yet and by the time I go back in it might have been sorted.  It could just be a supply chain thing, but looking at the internet it seems I'm not the only one who is noticing this. Has anyone reading this noticed any changes at their supermarket?  I have a theory that perhaps as the plant-based food market is expanding, it might be at a cost to our own gluten-free market.

This is article dates from 2021, but it mirrors my experience last week.

https://www.abalancedbelly.co.uk/is-tescos-free-from-frozen-section-disappearing/

 

Edited January 25, 2023 by cristiana