Tuesday, September 28, 2010
Crown Market's Store Bakery Will Be Certified Glatt Kosher
The Crown Market, a fixture in West Hartford's Jewish community for 70 years, said Tuesday that the Hartford Kashrut Commission, made up of Orthodox rabbis, has agreed to endorse and certify the supermarket's in-store bakery beginning Oct. 10.
The commission, made up of Orthodox rabbis, provides the strictest certification level — known as Glatt kosher. Kashrut refers to Jewish dietary laws.
Marc Bokoff, The Crown's owner, said the store will also establish a fresh meat department whose products will be certified by the commission.
The move will expand the store's offerings, said Bokoff, who bought The Crown in May 2009.
"The integration of Glatt Kosher Meat under HKC supervision … feels very right," Bokoff said in a prepared statement.
For years, Waldbaum's supermarket in West Hartford has been a source of fresh Glatt kosher products from its meat counter, deli and bakery. But when the grocery retailer Big Y announced recently it was purchasing the Waldbaum's from parent company A&P, many Jews, and in particular the Orthodox Jewish consumers, worried that Big Y would eliminate the store's Glatt kosher departments.
The Crown's deli and bakery are certified kosher by Conservative rabbis. But many Orthodox Jews will only consume food products certified kosher by Orthodox rabbis.
Last week, Big Y, based in Springfield, agreed to offer Glatt kosher items when the store reopens in early November as a Big Y World Class Market. Waldbaum's closes at the end of October.
The Crown's other kosher departments will continue to be supervised by the Greater Hartford Kashrut Group, made up of Conservative rabbis and headed by Rabbi Marshal Press.
http://www.courant.com/business/hc-west-hartford-crown-market-20100928,0,2902123.story
The commission, made up of Orthodox rabbis, provides the strictest certification level — known as Glatt kosher. Kashrut refers to Jewish dietary laws.
Marc Bokoff, The Crown's owner, said the store will also establish a fresh meat department whose products will be certified by the commission.
The move will expand the store's offerings, said Bokoff, who bought The Crown in May 2009.
"The integration of Glatt Kosher Meat under HKC supervision … feels very right," Bokoff said in a prepared statement.
For years, Waldbaum's supermarket in West Hartford has been a source of fresh Glatt kosher products from its meat counter, deli and bakery. But when the grocery retailer Big Y announced recently it was purchasing the Waldbaum's from parent company A&P, many Jews, and in particular the Orthodox Jewish consumers, worried that Big Y would eliminate the store's Glatt kosher departments.
The Crown's deli and bakery are certified kosher by Conservative rabbis. But many Orthodox Jews will only consume food products certified kosher by Orthodox rabbis.
Last week, Big Y, based in Springfield, agreed to offer Glatt kosher items when the store reopens in early November as a Big Y World Class Market. Waldbaum's closes at the end of October.
The Crown's other kosher departments will continue to be supervised by the Greater Hartford Kashrut Group, made up of Conservative rabbis and headed by Rabbi Marshal Press.
http://www.courant.com/business/hc-west-hartford-crown-market-20100928,0,2902123.story
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