Garlic Jim’s Frozen Gluten-Free Pizza is now in Whole Foods

You can now buy our amazing frozen gluten-free pizza in all the Whole Foods Markets in the Puget Sound. (well, almost all – coming soon to the  Redmond Whole Foods).

That includes: 

the new Lynnwood store, Seattle/Interbay, Seattle/Westlake, Seattle/Roosevelt and Bellevue.

The best GF pizza is now more available.  Rejoice!

Garlic Jim’s Charitable Contributions

We’re a small company in the world of pizza.  Our 26 stores are no match for Pizza Hut’s over 6,000 US restaurants!  We are proud, however, that we support many local non-profits in the communities where our stores are located.  The montage above has logos from just a few of them.

We’re giving back to our communities every day – mostly with our amazingly delicious pizza!

Garlic Jim’s: 8 Great Years

Another post about our great customers and the awesome 8 years of bringing the best pizza to the best people.    It’s been awesome.

Have you tried all our pizzas yet or have you settled on a few that you love?  How about trying a new pizza this weekend.  Like, the Nutty Chipotle.  It’s a favorite and how can you not like a pizza with cashews?

Or, we have large one toppings for $8 during our Anniversary Celebration.  Get a few before this promotion ends.  We’ll also be having some Anniversary sweepstakes and giveaways in the weeks ahead.  Get ready.  We’re ready to spread some pizza around!

Garlic Jim’s 8th Anniversary Celebration Starts Today!

It’s hard to believe that we’ve been around for eight years.  Eight great years with the best customers in the world.  Our gift to all of our customers is an Anniversary Special.  Any large one topping pizza for $8.  Now that’s something to write home about…

It really is all about the dough, the sauce and the cheese and ours is the best.  Enjoy!

NOTE: at some Garlic Jim’s locations, this offer is only available online.

Interesting Article Explaining what Gluten is…

This is from the Gluten-Free Homemaker and explains, very succinctly, what gluten is.  Our gluten-free pizza was created so the many people with celiac disease and gluten intolerance could once again enjoy pizza.

What is Gluten? Posted: 24 Feb 2012 06:30 AM PST Gluten is a general name for specific proteins found in wheat, rye, and barley.  It is what gives bread dough elasticity and holds it together. Gluten proteins are made up of two types of peptides, glutenin and prolamins.  It is the prolamins that trigger an autoimmune reaction in people with celiac disease.  They also trigger reactions in people with gluten intolerance. The prolamins that create a problem for celiacs are gliadin (wheat), secalin (rye), and hordein (barley).  A small percentage of people with celiac disease also react to avenin, the prolamin found in oats. The above definition of gluten is what people are talking about when they say they are on a gluten-free diet, or that they cannot eat gluten. However,  gluten is found in other foods.  Rice and corn both have a form of gluten in them.  It is not a gluten that causes the reactions mentioned above, but some people do have individual allergies to those foods. You might be wondering why wheat, rye, and barley are offensive and not other grains.  A plant taxonomy chart helps clarify it. As you can see, wheat, rye, and barley are in the same tribe—triticeae.  Other grasses such as rice, corn, millet sorghum,and teff (all commonly used gluten-free grains), are in the same family, but different sub families. Other foods such as buckwheat, quinoa, and amaranth, which are also commonly use in a gluten-free diet, are in a different subclass because they are dicots.  The toxic grains are monocots. I think it is interesting to see that buckwheat is closely related to rhubarb and quinoa to spinach. While most bakers probably love gluten for the wonderful effects it has on their edible creations, I consider it a poison.  As a person with celiac disease, gluten has the power to destroy my health, and I avoid it like the plague. http://glutenfreehomemaker.com/

Check out Garlic Jim’s on Tumblr and Pinterest

We’re just getting started on Tumblr and Pinterest and we’d sure be interested in hearing from our customers.  What would you like to see from us on these sites?

http://garlicjims.tumblr.com/

http://pinterest.com/garlicjimspizza/

Congratulations to our Big Game Sweepstakes Winner, Kayla Upshaw

Pictured above is the winner of our Big Game TV Sweepstakes, Kayla Upshaw, with her husband Sean and Mitchell Young, the owner of the Juanita Garlic Jim’s where Kayla’s winning online order was placed.

We’ll be starting another contest tomorrow, Friday, February 17th.  Watch for details here on our blog, on the Garlic Jim’s Facebook page and Garlic Jim’s Twitter account.  We’re everywhere… well, not really, but we’re trying.

We’re celebrating our 8th Anniversary in March and to celebrate, we’re offering large one topping pizzas for $8.  Celebrate with us!