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Hickory Farms


JennyC

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Like many people we received Hickory Farms baskets for Christmas. I nearly confused them with Hillshire Farms that clearly lists their gluten. After going to the Hickory Farms website and finding no information I called them. They have no gluten free list and no gluten labeling policy. <_< You have to give them the product name and they have look up each product individually. This takes a lot of time and the employee that I spoke with seemed annoyed to do so. After a half hour on the phone I determined that their beef stick is gluten free but the two cheeses that I asked about, the Smokey Bar and Chedd'r, were not gluten free. At that point I decided not to give my son any of their cheeses and most likely none of their products period. I just thought I'd share my experience, since this is such a common gift.


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Wow, thanks for Sharing Jenny. Hickory Farms is a very popular gift basket item.

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