They already offer the world’s bestest honey cake, now they are going Thanksgiving! Yo, yo, yo- check this out: Thanksgiving Specials from Kosher Care Packages Thanksgiving Gift Box A 24 oz. loaf of our own hand made Pumpkin Chocolate Chip Cake, 6 of our rich Double Chocolate Brownies, and a bag of our custom ground Continue Reading »
Every year, the winners of the best products are given their just due by the organizers of KosherFest. Here is this year’s list from Kosher Today: “We were delighted to host the Kosherfest New Products Competition at Career Academy,” said Chef Christopher Burgos, Chair of Culinary Arts. “The students helped prepare and serve all the Continue Reading »
FROM THE NEW YORK TIMES Getting tougher to Keep Kosher. New York Times November 6, 2008 By JULIA PRESTON The kosher meatpacking company in Iowa that has been struggling with criminal charges and huge fines for labor violations, a dwindling work force and declining demand among Jewish consumers since an immigration raid at its main Continue Reading »
Budget Beers Get a Boost as Drinkers Tighten Belts High Life, Natural Light See Uptick in Sales By Jeremy Mullman Published: November 03, 2008 CHICAGO (AdAge.com) — As the economy continues to spiral downward, more and more beer drinkers are trading down to the High Life. Sales of the cheap brew ironically dubbed the “Champagne Continue Reading »
From the JTA, Tuesday, Novermber 4, 2008 NEW YORK (JTA) — With the kosher meat producer Agriprocessors facing mounting financial problems, including the possibility of foreclosure, industry insiders say the company is finished and that kosher consumers should brace themselves for some rough times. Agriprocessors in the past week or so has endured a cascade Continue Reading »
From Diabetic magazine as listed on AOL: Is Your Holiday Turkey in Jeopardy? By Pat Moriarty and Barbara O’Brien Defrosted on the counter, prestuffed, slow baked, partially cooked, stored whole without carving…? If any of these situations sounds like your usual Thanksgiving dinner preparation plans, you may be putting your turkey in jeopardy. Over the Continue Reading »
A paid advertorial that appears weekly in the New York Jewish Week, is usually our entertainment. We find that the author’s persistent bleatings about Orthodox bashing, etc, tend to be so over the top that all one can do is either laugh or grimace. This week’s diatribe was against those who would tie kashruth to Continue Reading »
CAYUGA COUNTY, N.Y. — It’s a beacon of hope in these difficult economic times. A $40 million cheese production plant to be built in Cayuga County, bringing with it new jobs and new business for area dairy farmers. “The cooperation has been incredible. It is a reason that we are locating here, along with the Continue Reading »
Bill Lumsden, the head of distilling and whiskey creation for Moët-Hennessy Louis Vuitton’s (LVMH.PA) Glenmorangie and Ardbeg single-malt whiskies is a character. Not that the whisky business isn’t full of creative, irascible, intriguing folks in charge of keeping our glasses filled. But having played a preposterous party game with Lumsden and others until 3 a.m. Continue Reading »
In the U.S., beer sales are slowing, but still growing, said Benj Steinman, publisher of trade publication Beer Marketer’s Insights. Sales to retailers so far this year are up about half a percent, he said. That’s down from the 1.4% growth rate the beer industry saw last year and 2.1% in 2006. But Steinman notes Continue Reading »
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