OU Kosher Staff

The Pot

Winner of the 2007 OU Kosher Week Essay Contest

Kosher Report

Winner of the 2007 OU Kosher Week Essay Contest

Kamp Kosher

Winner of the 2007 Kosher Week Essay Contest

Kosher: More than Just a Way of Eating?

Winner of the 2007 OU Kosher Week Essay Contest

OU Announces Coast-to-Coast Winners of Kosher Essay Contest For Kids

The Orthodox Union’s Kosher Division today announced the winners of the First Annual OU Kosher Essay Contest for grades 4-12. The winners are Chevie Pahmer and Hadassah Goldman of Clifton, New Jersey; Sarah Sanfield and Abby Sanfield of Torrance, California in Los Angeles County; Chaya Meth of Baltimore, Maryland; and Zachary Weiner of New York City. The winners will have their essays published online at www.oukosher.org and will receive a $50 gift certificate to Eichlers.com, a Judaica website.

ShopRite

Know your customers, try to meet their needs and work to keep their trust. In this age of mass- production, mass-marketing and standardization, concepts like these may seem old-fashioned; better suited to the neighborhood grocer of a half-century ago than a modern supermarket. Yet, It’s precisely these “old-fashioned” ideals and values that give ShopRite supermarkets market leadership in the communities they serve – and earned the stores a special place in the lives of their kosher customers.

Carriage House Companies

The Carriage House Companies, Inc. a unit of Ralcorp Holdings, Inc. and based in Erie, PA, was formed in January 2001, the result of a merger of the Red Wing Company, Inc., Torbitt & Castleman Company, LLC and Martin Gillet & Co., whose foundings date back almost two centuries. These companies were merged to capitalize on each of their independent strengths, resulting in market leadership through superior products across numerous categories.

The Kosher Consumer Speaks

The astronomical growth of kosher foods over the last decade has driven many marketers to study the behavior of kosher consumers. Who are they? What are their buying habits? How much do they spend? Where are they located?

Kosher: A Symbol Worth Having

The Dairy Foods staff recently agreed to stop using trade-mark (™) and registration symbols (®) in editorial. The primary reason is that often status changes from the non-legally enforce-able ™ to the U.S. trademark office-approved ®, and we cannot monitor these changes. Furthermore, it’s not our job to protect your brands. That’s your responsibility.

Nikkur: OU Kosher Instructs a New Generation of Mashgichim

A rabbi from OU Kosher hits the road to instruct a new generation of mashgichim on the complicated art of de-veining meat.