Gluten Free Why Shop On-line? When shopping on-line, the listed prices are almost invariably better than the price in your local store. The variety is much greater. Information is given clearly in type that is designed to be read, a pleasant contrast to what you find when reading labels in a grocery store. In most cases, every item sold is gluten — there is no fear of error.

The downside is that a shipping charge is always added. When I was first diagnosed, I was paying more for shipping than for food. I lived in a small town when I was diagnosed and my only choices seemed to be to order gluten free food on-line or eat a very bland and repetive diet. Fortunately, I discovered The Gluten Free Mall and The Gluten Free Pantry, huge on-line stores that offered enough variety to allow me to completely satisfy my needs for gluten free food. Shipping costs — if you think in terms of cost per item — drop sharply when you order more products. I’m not advocating throwing money away. I am suggesting that you fill as many needs as possible in one order.

What’s in this for you?

 The biggest advantage is the opportunity to consolidate your gluten free food orders thus reducing the shipping cost per item.

 The chance to browse two excellent and informative websites, finding information articles, recipes, and products ranging from bread machines suitable for gluten free baking to plastic bracelets designed to build celiac awareness to single serving packets of gluten free soy sauce.

 The opportunity to read product information that are in legible type and designed for easy reading; isn’t that a contrast to what you find in conventional stores? Here’s a trick that I use regularly: find a gluten free item on-line, copy the web page so that you are sure you are always dealing with exactly the same product, and then see if you can find a better deal at your local supermarket or health food store.

 What’s in this for me?

 In case you’re wondering, yes I make my living operating this site. Both The Gluten Free Mall and the Gluten Free Pantry pay for the privilege of advertising here. They pay more if visitors move this site to theirs. This does not change your costs in any way. For these firms, it is simply an advertising expense.

  I will never make a recommendation just to make a buck. I’m not even tempted to do so. There is so much excellent gluten free food available that there is no need to prostitute myself. The products are not easy to find, but I enjoy the search, and the information I have uncovered enriches my own celiac experience.

 Here are banners connecting you to both these shopping sites:

 

Published 05/03/08