Archive for April, 2004
SHWARMA AND (W)RAPS
April 30, 2004 at 12:08:20a.m. Continuing in the never-ending search for good and affordable eats in Manhattan, my most favorite lunch companion and I have discovered a funky new place – The Kitchen, at 265 West 37th Street (NE corner of 8th Avenue), telephone 212-695-7700; supervision by the OK. The good stuff – the shwarma [...]
In: General Topics, Kosher Restaurants
OSEM ENTERS CEREAL MARKET
April 29, 2004 at 9:50:14a.m. Osem is investing 1.5 million Euros to enter the breakfast cereal market under the Bamba label.This will be Osem’s first joint effort with Nestle. A $1 million advertising campaign will launch the Bamba cereal. The cereal is intended for young children. The cereal is based on Osem’s Bamba corn snacks. [...]
SHECHITA RESUMES AT PLANT
April 28, 2004 at 1:05:47p.m. In our piece concerning the price of kosher meat, we mentioned that a shechita group had ceased working at one abbatoir and had issued a warning against others going there. Here is an update on the situation from Kosher Today: PM Beef Holding has resumed schechita (slaughter) of glatt kosher [...]
In: General Topics, Kosher Alert
KOSHER LO CARB
April 27, 2004 at 9:44:11a.m. Kosher manufacturers are responding to the low carb craze by rolling out many new lines of their existing products in a low carb, low fat format. The latest addition comes from Brooklyn based-Flaum, which is set to roll out DIET CHEF, a line of low carb and low fat salads. [...]
In: General Topics, Kosher New Products