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I want to get this straight (b/c i married a NYer and she used to do the same thing)
why do NYers only shop in kastners (in Miami Beach) when you can get the same stuff in a goyish brand for cheaper in Publix
I can understand if you totally keep pas or bishul yisrael but how many NYers do that!
and kastners gets soooooo packed that noone can move
(Either way theres a new kosher grocery store down the block from kastners (in my direction) so you might just as well keep it
funny.
never heard of kastners
yet been to publix like 200 times
Beats me…Publix is awsome!!! and the publix in Atlanta has a kosher bakery(dairy mostly, but some parve stuff like kichel) and a deli(mmm..fried chicken).
Two reasons -1. They like heimish products which they are used to.
2. They want to give their business to a Yid.
mbachur 1) I never said I was in Atlanta(or am I?), just stating a fact.
2) I always wondered why a publix somewhere in Florida has never done the same thing
and 3) I am sorry to cause jealousy (please moichel me).
I always was under the impression that the Halacha requires one to patronize a Jewish store when possible as opposed to a non-Jewish one. (Assuming the Jewish store’s prices are not extremely overpriced.) Why would the OP be trying to convince someone to not patronize a Jewish store? (the Kastner’s I remember in Miami was only a bakery — I guess things have changed in the many years since I’ve been there!)
Are you perhaps a manager at Publix or the new Kosher store? Why should it bother you so much if people are willing to spend extra to support Jewish owned businesses?
I have been to kastners during the height of the snowbird season. Yes it gets crowded, but I’ll suffer with the crowding to support a jewish business owner.
People see all too willing to forgoe the local jewish merchant for the larger chain stores etc.. But let me ask you a question. Who do you think contributes more to Jewish causes? Are the owners of publix making contributions to local tzedoka’s? Maybe they donate food for tomchei shabbos or are giving free items to local frum people who couldn’t otherwise afford to make shabbos.
Kastners has been improving on a regular basis. All last year (winter season) I shlepped to Kosher Kingdom for Shabbos Food because the food was better there than Kastners. This year I found that the food is much improved and they have a broader variety of things. Meat & Wine department still no comparison to KK.
Where is there a new grocery near Kastners?
In my day, Kastner’s was just a bakery! Haven’t beeen back to Miami in years (unfortunately). Wish I still lived there!
Is a Yeshiva Co-Op one of those Co-Op grocery stores, and with the owners all being part of a Yeshiva?
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