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Article: Low-carb dieters make pork rinds a popular snack: Sales of pig skin bits rise as carb-concious seek crunchy, salty treats
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- Charleston Gazette
- Article date:
- January 6, 2005
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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 star."
For the past year, the nation's hunger for all things low-carb has
been ...