128 Opening Muskoka’s first dedicated Gluten-Free Facility with Stephanie Dunn from Beat the Wheat in Muskoka

When you think gluten-free, do you think flavour free? Texture free? Taste free? I know I once did, until I started finding gluten-free options to my typical pastas & pastries that actually tasted BETTER than anything I could find at a conventional grocery store. Yepp, it’s possible. In today’s episode I am sitting down with Stephanie Dunn, the co-owner of Muskoka’s first dedicated Gluten Free Facility and Sit-Down Restaurant, The Pasta Shoppe. The Pasta Shoppe by Beat the Wheat is the brainchild of owner’s Stephanie &  her husband Adam. Their shop features an incredible array of products ranging from fresh gluten free pastas, gluten free entrees, gluten free Breads & pastries. As I mentioned earlier, The Pasta Shoppe by Beat the Wheat is the only restaurant in Muskoka that is 100% gluten-free and peanut-free - and though some critics may have worried that there wasn’t a large enough market for these types of products in canada’s cottage country, Steph and Adam have proved that that is just simply not true. Especially when your gluten-free offerings are equally (or even more tasty) than the non-gluten-free counterparts. Steph is soft spoken yet powerful with her words, and although her husband & co-founder Adam was unable to join - I know you’re going to love hearing how the idea for a gluten-free shop came to be, why they settled on Bracebridge as a location, how they maintain a strong rapport with their community and their customers, why no market is TOO small or too defined, how to get scrappy with your marketing, and so much more. p.s. I mentioned that this is the FINAL episode of the Bracebridge Series, but in fact there is 1 more next week!   Connect with Beat The Wheat... https://beatthewheat.ca/       [email protected]   Connect with Kelsey...   Are you a small business looking to double your clients, revenue, and reach in the coming 3 months? I’ve got something special for you. On Sept 14th, our brand new Marketing Intensive begins, and you have just 7 more days to take advantage of Early Bird Pricing. Not familiar with what I’m talking about? Here’s the deal..… I'll be your coach while we work through The Marketing Mastery Intensive™ together.  This is a signature program from The Visionary Method for small business owners who are making at least 50k in revenue each year. I created this framework because these marketing principles are timeless, wealth-producing and little known -  often ignored by modern marketing gurus. Contrary to popular belief, you don’t need fancy Facebook Ads or Click Funnels to run a wildly successful business. But you DO need to know these 7 principles. For 3 months we’ll work together and I will drip you mind-blowing content & applicable homework challenges, alongside the time-honoured processes that you can incorporate into your business strategy immediately. https://kelseyreidl.lpages.co/marketing/