Today is November 25, 2024 / /
Today is November 25, 2024 / /
We confess to a weakness for salty snacks. Well, here is one that we really like! Lightly salted, all natural, no trans fats and no preservatives means that this is a treat that is pretty ok to eat! The veggie straws (sort of like french fries) are a mix of potato straws, tomato straws, spinach Continue Reading »
FROM FAILED MESSIAH (FRIDAY, JUNE 26, 2009) Streit’s Caves In, Gets ‘National’ Kosher Supervision For Matzo Streits_logo “Obviously, we’re very delighted that they’re taking a national hashgacha…we’ll have to see how they proceed. That’s something that’s going to have to be left to our kashruth committee.” Streit’s Matzo to sport Kof-K in 2010 Mayer Fertig Continue Reading »
True devotees of “real” Coke know that the best time to buy Coca Cola is at Pesach time because that is the only time that Coke is made with real sugar and not high fructose corn sweetner. Well, apparently Pepsi has been paying close attention. Pepsi announces PEPSI NATURAL, PEPSI THROWBACK AND MOUNTAIN DEW THROWBACK. Continue Reading »
We told you that we vociferously disagreed with the article in Kosher Today that appeared to endorse the position of several “kashrus professionals” that essentially stated that the various agencies/v’adim etc do not want transparency. The article in Kosher Today quoted rabbis who were proud of not destroying a store owner’s reputation by being deliberately Continue Reading »
This article comes from Kosher Today (June 15, 2009), the Editor’s column: Rushing to Judgment in the Streit’s Fiasco It was an unfortunate incident for the Streit family when it learned just several weeks before Passover that its Matzoh would not be acceptable in many of the stores supervised by the Vaad Harabbonim of Queens Continue Reading »
From the Private Label Manufacturers Association 91% of Shoppers Will Keep Buying Store Brands After Recession Ends NEW YORK, June 15 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ — New consumer polling data shows that an overwhelming majority of U.S. supermarket shoppers will continue purchasing store brand products after the recession is over. A poll conducted this month by GfK Custom Continue Reading »
When we lived on Staten Island, a local Jewish book store charged high prices for his goods. When asked why his prices were higher, he said that the cost of gas and the toll on the bridge meant that he had to raise his prices. What was absurd was the fact that the toll and Continue Reading »
Here in the metro NYC area, there is one organization whose sole raison d’etre is to help Jews (and others) in need. Metropolitan Council on Jewish Poverty is an amazing organization. There is hardly an area of life in which they do not offer help- from living quarters to jobs to groceries and cooked food. Continue Reading »
This bit comes from Kashrus Magazine, and we thank them for bringing this to everyone’s attention. This is truly a scandal! “A distributor of frozen tilapia fillets, a product of China, has been discovered to have glued patches of skin to the fish, making people assume that the patches identify the fillets as kosher fish.” Continue Reading »
From Kosher Today (June 1, 2009): Less than 5% of Kosher Certified Products Abandon Kashrus Symbols New York…The announcement by Johnson & Johnson that it was dropping the Kof-K symbol from its Listerine Pocketpaks is a rare occurrence, according to kashrus agencies. Less than 5% of all manufactured products that are certified kosher ever drop Continue Reading »
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