Kosher Today Newsletter

ChicagoÉSnow and bone chilling cold did not stop 30 store directors of SuperValu stores from attending the second annual Passover Show sponsored by the chain. The store directors came from Jewel divisions in Illinois and Indiana.

Postville, IAÉRumors are rife that the bankrupt Agriprocessors will soon begin the kosher slaughter of turkeys and that it is only a matter of time that the plant will also resiume the schechita (kosher slaughter) of calves.

Chesterfield, VAÉSabra Salads broke ground on a $59.3 million food-processing plant just north of Colonial Heights.

Tel AvivÉby Idele Ross, KosherToday Israel Bureau Chief...A recent survey of expenses on food by place of purchase indicated that households are distributing food purchases among more types of retail places.

Tel AvivÉTeva-Off launched new fresh poultry that has an extended eight-day shelf life in a joint project with Hefestus, a major packaging firm.

Sderot, IsraelÉResidents of this embattled city participated in a well-attended kosher wine tasting event last week as rockets continued to fall in the area last week.

BrooklynÉ The Blue Ribbon store on Avenue J will not be closing after all.

Phoenix, ArizÉ American Jewish Spirit, a quarterly magazine, will partner with Star-K Kosher Certification to publish a kosher food and lifestyle magazine supplement to be distributed to its readership throughout the U.S.