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Article: Pork rinds find favor with low-carb dieters.
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- The Dallas Morning News (Dallas, TX)
- Article date:
- March 24, 2004
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Byline: Karen Robinson-Jacobs
PFLUGERVILLE, Texas _ As low-carb entrepreneurs, erstwhile rock-`n'-roller Julee Dennis and her business partner, Bryan Bootka, are giving new meaning to the term piggy bank.
Their company, Gram's Gourmet, saw sales shoot up to nearly $1 million in 2003, its first full year of operation. They expect more than $3 million in sales this year from low-carb items, mainly pork rinds.
"It's our pork rinds that make people call," said Dennis, who launched the business in May 2002, "five years and 100 pounds" after going on a low-carbohydrate diet to control her diabetes. "It's the pork rinds that really are our shining ...