Saturday, September 12, 2009
Subway U.S.’s largest kosher restaurant chain
What’s the largest kosher restaurant chain? Mendy’s? Six branches; seven if you count the meat and dairy counters at New York City’s Grand Central Station.
Dougie’s? Five branches in New York and New Jersey.
Don’t even bring up Nathan’s Famous — it stopped making kosher hot dogs altogether.
The dark-horse winner is Subway, the made-to-order sandwich giant, which opened its ninth kosher franchise Aug. 18 inside the Michael-Ann Russell Jewish Community Center in North Miami Beach, Fla. New Subways opening in Indianapolis and Skokie, Ill., will make it 11 by the end of the year. Five more are planned for next year.
Subway is not the only fast-food chain with kosher branches. Dunkin’ Donuts, the world’s largest coffee and baked goods chain, has 33 kosher franchises, mostly in New York, according to company spokesman Andrew Mastrangelo. They serve dairy breakfast sandwiches, but not full meals.
Subway, the second largest fast-food franchise in the world, didn’t set out to be No. 1 in the kosher market. Staffers at company headquarters in Milford, Conn., seemed bemused by the news.
“Really?” laughed Kevin Kane in the marketing department.
Sure, 11 kosher stores pales in comparison to the 22,000 non-kosher Subways in the United States, or to the hundreds of halal Subways in England and the Arab world. But it’s more than anyone else is offering.
And it’s a creative solution for Jewish community centers that want to offer kosher food but don’t want to take the financial risk themselves. Some would rather offer no food than violate kosher law.
http://www.kcjc.com/200909118735/news/subway-u.s.s-largest-kosher-restaurant-chain.html
Dougie’s? Five branches in New York and New Jersey.
Don’t even bring up Nathan’s Famous — it stopped making kosher hot dogs altogether.
The dark-horse winner is Subway, the made-to-order sandwich giant, which opened its ninth kosher franchise Aug. 18 inside the Michael-Ann Russell Jewish Community Center in North Miami Beach, Fla. New Subways opening in Indianapolis and Skokie, Ill., will make it 11 by the end of the year. Five more are planned for next year.
Subway is not the only fast-food chain with kosher branches. Dunkin’ Donuts, the world’s largest coffee and baked goods chain, has 33 kosher franchises, mostly in New York, according to company spokesman Andrew Mastrangelo. They serve dairy breakfast sandwiches, but not full meals.
Subway, the second largest fast-food franchise in the world, didn’t set out to be No. 1 in the kosher market. Staffers at company headquarters in Milford, Conn., seemed bemused by the news.
“Really?” laughed Kevin Kane in the marketing department.
Sure, 11 kosher stores pales in comparison to the 22,000 non-kosher Subways in the United States, or to the hundreds of halal Subways in England and the Arab world. But it’s more than anyone else is offering.
And it’s a creative solution for Jewish community centers that want to offer kosher food but don’t want to take the financial risk themselves. Some would rather offer no food than violate kosher law.
http://www.kcjc.com/200909118735/news/subway-u.s.s-largest-kosher-restaurant-chain.html
Comments:
I never ate at a Subways. I gotta try em out!
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: September 12, 2009 10:25 PM
: September 12, 2009 10:25 PM
I would'nt touch that stuff. The kosher & non kosher look exactly alike. How do you explain to kids, here yes & there no...
Comment Credit ---This article posted by : September 13, 2009 1:24 AM
: September 13, 2009 1:24 AM
Um, you tell them that one is kosher and the other is treif?
Have you ever been to a supermarket? Kosher meat and treif meat look the same. How do you explain that to your kids?
Have you ever been to a supermarket? Kosher meat and treif meat look the same. How do you explain that to your kids?
Comment Credit ---This article posted by : September 13, 2009 10:32 AM
: September 13, 2009 10:32 AM
Subway is nothing but eating plain oil, which makes you get a heart attack even faster, by having your arteries clogged with Subway oil.
Comment Credit ---This article posted by : September 13, 2009 1:18 PM
: September 13, 2009 1:18 PM
A few people are confused. Simchas Torah is not for a few weeks. Enough with the silliness!
When you take your kids shopping do you explain to them what a hechsher is? When it's Pesach time, do you explain why something you use in the house all year round is not good because it doesn't have a hechsher? If so, you should have no problem explaining why one Subway is good and another not.
As to the person who suggested Subway food is unhealthy (and this is a company that posts nutritional information on everything they serve), keep eating those Borough Park hamburgers. But don't forget the Lipitor. :)
When you take your kids shopping do you explain to them what a hechsher is? When it's Pesach time, do you explain why something you use in the house all year round is not good because it doesn't have a hechsher? If so, you should have no problem explaining why one Subway is good and another not.
As to the person who suggested Subway food is unhealthy (and this is a company that posts nutritional information on everything they serve), keep eating those Borough Park hamburgers. But don't forget the Lipitor. :)
Comment Credit ---This article posted by : September 13, 2009 2:20 PM
: September 13, 2009 2:20 PM
The article says they have a kosher one in Brooklyn. Anyone know where it is? Do they have a reliable haschgacha?
Comment Credit ---This article posted by : September 13, 2009 2:30 PM
: September 13, 2009 2:30 PM
The one in Brooklyn is on Ave. J a few blocks east of Coney Island Ave. I've never tried it but I heard it's pretty expensive for a "fast food" place
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Comment Credit ---This article posted by : September 13, 2009 7:05 PM
: September 13, 2009 7:05 PM
