Atkins diet tastes good to retailers

But plan's popularity is hard for pasta, bread makers to stomach

Millions of Americans have lost an untold amount of weight by sticking to Dr. Robert Atkins' high-protein, low-carbohydrate diet.

Now, food companies and retailers are hoping for similar happy results by focusing on products that fit the Atkins plan. But some of those sales gains are coming at the expense of companies whose foods aren't Atkins-friendly.

The winners include the makers and sellers of meat snacks such as beef jerky, which have few or no carbohydrates. But bread bakers and the makers of the once-trendy high-carb energy bars are feeling the pinch as more and more Americans turn to the Atkins plan.

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