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Kingdom to remain shut at Passover

By James Martin, February 18, 2009

Golders Green supermarket Kosher Kingdom has advised customers that it will not reopen in time for Passover.

The store has been closed since a fire last summer and bosses tried unavailingly to find temporary premises for the lucrative Pesach market.

“Despite our best attempts, we have had to face the inevitable,” Kosher Kingdom’s David Rokach said. “It’s obviously a missed commercial opportunity but it actually hurts us that we can’t service our customers this year as they’ve become so reliant on us.”

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Fire leaves Sainsbury’s without kosher bread

By Dana Gloger, June 20, 2008

A major fire has left a kosher bakery unable to maintain supplies to supermarkets.

Less than an hour before the start of Shavuot last weekend, fire tore through the Sharon’s Bakery warehouse in Tottenham, North London, gutting the entire building.

Although the bakery’s individual stores, based in Edgware, Hendon, Stamford Hill and Barkingside, were unaffected, its wholesale operation, which was run from the warehouse, had to be halted.

This has left Sainsbury’s in Finchley Road, London, without supplies of kosher bread.

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Butchers’ fees cut by 10pc

By Leon Symons, June 6, 2008

Surprise cuts in fees paid by butchers of around 10 per cent per kilo on lamb and beef have been announced by the London Board for Shechita.

The cuts, which came into effect on Tuesday, have been introduced to help butchers facing spiralling wholesale prices, in order to limit what they then charge consumers. They have been welcomed by Jacky Lipowicz, chairman of the Licensed Kosher Meat Traders’ Association, the butchers’ “union”.



Prices ought to be limited after new fee cuts

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Why I went to Mumbai to make my fortune

By Candice Krieger, May 16, 2008

Nervous about the state of British business? Head to India, advises retail boss Oliver Kaye. Having completed stints at Marks & Spencer, Tesco and Arcadia, Mr Kaye, 32, recently moved from North London to India to head up Calvin Klein because — as far as he is concerned — the British retail market is at a standstill.

“Retail in the UK is boring and bland. It’s at complete saturation,” says Mr Kaye. “If you look at what’s going on in the high street, it looks like it’s going to hit a recession.”

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Tesco profits from post-Pesach opening

By Jonathan Kalmus, May 2, 2008

Shoppers crowded around the entrance to the Tesco in Prestwich late on Sunday evening in anticipation of a comprehensive post-Pesach stock-up.

For the North Manchester store was one of two Tesco branches in England — Brent Cross was the other — to trade from one minute past midnight to cater for the Jewish market.

Trolleys at the ready, there was a stampede as the doors opened, with customers first descending on the boxes of cereal astutely placed near the entrance by the store management.

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Anger as Pesach sale of chametz is legalised

By Anshel Pfeffer, April 18, 2008

Shops and restaurants in Israel will be allowed to sell chametz next week over Pesach following a series of legal decisions in Jerusalem.

The ruling that restaurants in Jerusalem would not have to pay municipal fines for selling unleavened products during Pesach 2007 — since the law forbidding the sale of chametz only mentioned “public display” — has angered religious politicians and activists.

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Extra time at Tesco

April 18, 2008

Prestwich Tesco will be opening its doors at one minute past midnight on Monday April 28 to allow customers to restock their kitchens after Pesach.

Store manager Joe Leeson said: “We have a lot of loyal customers in Manchester and we are aware of their shopping needs at specific times of the year.”

As previously reported in the JC, the Tesco in Brent Cross will also be opening specially just after midnight following the festival.

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Specialist shops take on the big guns in a Pesach price war

By Jay Grenby, April 4, 2008

Consumers gain as kosher shops respond to huge reductions on key items in major supermarkets

Matzahs are in the front line as supermarkets and specialist kosher retailers wage a Pesach price war this month, offering substantial savings to those prepared to shop around.

A JC investigation reveals that a basket of Passover essentials will cost only marginally more than last year — and in some cases, less.

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