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Hollywood, FL… Planning to visit Florida for Yeshiva Week (formerly mid-winter vacation) this year? Hollywood has great dining and take out options. Looking to eat out dairy? Cafe Noir is a place we all know and have enjoyed the ambience and good food, as well as Grand Cafe, Sushi Addicts, Mizrachi’s Pizza

Trenton, NJ…Mitchel Bomrind, Kosher Investigator, in the NJ Office of the Attorney General Division of Consumer Affairs is stepping down after a decade of serving as the head of kosher law enforcement in the state. New Jersey is one of 20 states that have laws on the books protecting kosher consumers. The laws

New York…There is a growing concern amongst retailers that continued inflation will put a damper on the upcoming Passover season. The retailers are mainly concerned that key items like eggs, flour, potatoes, and poultry will be at record levels, surpassing last year’s shocking increases. They seem to be less

London…It appears that the lucrative Passover programs are rebounding in 2023, albeit not to pre-pandemic levels. Raphi Bloom, co-founder of www.totallyjewishtravel.com told Kosher Today "Whilst Pesach 2023 is not quite back to pre-pandemic levels, it is as close to it as can be” He revealed that TJT has over

Inflation Leads to 20% Increase in Kosher Prices; Overcoming Supply Chain Issues; Continued Impact of Covid

New York…It was a year of unprecedented inflation for kosher consumers. Prices on average are believed to have increased by at least 20% with some items like eggs, poultry, salmon and even some pastries rising

Hollywood, FL… Mizrachi’s Pizza Kitchen introduces their new line of packaged frozen meals to the frozen section of local kosher supermarkets and grocery stores. Their store that so many vacationers enjoyed is now making their delicious food available to everyone. The new line of products includes; Cheese

It was amazing to see just how many people tuned into the live stream and videos of Kosherfest. Whether it was through the Kosherfest site, Elan Kornblum’s feed or the many other coverages including on-line news sites, Kosherfest was followed by thousands of people. It has definitely emerged as the signature brand

New York…Doughnuts nowadays come in all shapes and with all toppings and increasingly are gift wrapped and used as Chanukah gifts. Gourmet donuts can be ordered from Angels, the Nuttery and dozens of other sources. Several retailers told Kosher Today that they expect donut sales to increase by more than 15% this

South Fallsburg, NY…”Lightning does not strike twice,” the saying goes, but in this small town that rapidly became a hub for kosher dining, it struck three times. Large fires destroyed the Venetian Café in 2020, Spoons and now Boosur in 2022. While both the Venetian Café and Spoons

New York…It was the day after Kosherfest in November when 125 rabbis from kashrus agencies around the world gathered at the new headquarters of the Orthodox Union in Lower Manhattans. The occasion was the annual convention of the Association of Kashrus Organizations (AKO), headed by Rabbi Shloem Fishbane. It was,