Friday, March 16, 2007
New market hopes Rockaway has a taste for kosher food
The most difficult part about opening a kosher market in Rockaway was convincing suppliers to deliver to northwest New Jersey, said Yahav Amrani, owner of Carmel Market.
“The main problem is we’re the farthest point from New York City, and we’re the farthest they’ve ever come,” he said. “Each supplier came up with demands ‘to make it worthwhile for me to come that far.’”
No one would mistake the fast-expanding suburbs of Morris County for the boondocks. Still, with few synagogues and other outward signs of what many believe is a growing Jewish population, it is up to Amrani to convince kosher suppliers — and consumers — that there is a need for a kosher market.
“There’s nothing around our area,” Amrani said. “We used to go to Brooklyn and other people we know went to Monsey,” the heavily Jewish New York town, for kosher groceries.
Carmel Market is set to officially open Sept. 10 at 350 Route 46 East in the Boro Plaza shopping center. Rabbi Asher Herson of Chabad Center of Northwest New Jersey in Rockaway will take part in a dedication ceremony, which will include Amrani’s friends, family members, and other supporters. A clown, a keyboardist, and others were due to perform at the grand opening.
Carmel Market will carry “fresh products,” including glatt kosher meats, Middle Eastern fare, and items from Israel. Many of the foods the market will sell are unavailable in Morris, Sussex, and Warren counties.
http://www.njjewishnews.com/njjn.com/090706/mwNewMarketHopesRockaway.html
The most difficult part about opening a kosher market in Rockaway was convincing suppliers to deliver to northwest New Jersey, said Yahav Amrani, owner of Carmel Market.
“The main problem is we’re the farthest point from New York City, and we’re the farthest they’ve ever come,” he said. “Each supplier came up with demands ‘to make it worthwhile for me to come that far.’”
No one would mistake the fast-expanding suburbs of Morris County for the boondocks. Still, with few synagogues and other outward signs of what many believe is a growing Jewish population, it is up to Amrani to convince kosher suppliers — and consumers — that there is a need for a kosher market.
“There’s nothing around our area,” Amrani said. “We used to go to Brooklyn and other people we know went to Monsey,” the heavily Jewish New York town, for kosher groceries.
Carmel Market is set to officially open Sept. 10 at 350 Route 46 East in the Boro Plaza shopping center. Rabbi Asher Herson of Chabad Center of Northwest New Jersey in Rockaway will take part in a dedication ceremony, which will include Amrani’s friends, family members, and other supporters. A clown, a keyboardist, and others were due to perform at the grand opening.
Carmel Market will carry “fresh products,” including glatt kosher meats, Middle Eastern fare, and items from Israel. Many of the foods the market will sell are unavailable in Morris, Sussex, and Warren counties.
http://www.njjewishnews.com/njjn.com/090706/mwNewMarketHopesRockaway.html
Comments:
What does that mean they won't ship northwest new jersey they'll do anything for money and there are communities everywherethat get kosher food shipped to them.
Comment Credit ---This article posted by 
: March 16, 2007 6:10 PM
: March 16, 2007 6:10 PM
1) get a van and come into NY once or twice a week
2) call 999 meats (in Newark). They are close enough to make deliveries and when I had a store in Philadelphia, they consolidated my deliveries and brought it all to me.
2) call 999 meats (in Newark). They are close enough to make deliveries and when I had a store in Philadelphia, they consolidated my deliveries and brought it all to me.
Comment Credit ---This article posted by : March 18, 2007 8:20 AM
: March 18, 2007 8:20 AM
lets see,
there are year round kosher grocery stores in the catskills (sullivan county) that's a little further out.
somehow they get kosher groceries for the kosher store in albany.
not to mention, baltimore, chicago detroit and who knows where else.
what is he talking about????
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there are year round kosher grocery stores in the catskills (sullivan county) that's a little further out.
somehow they get kosher groceries for the kosher store in albany.
not to mention, baltimore, chicago detroit and who knows where else.
what is he talking about????
Comment Credit ---This article posted by : March 18, 2007 12:44 PM
: March 18, 2007 12:44 PM
