Catching a red-eye flight back to JFK after a business meeting in L.A.? Landing in Newark at 5:50 a.m., after a 12-1/2 hour flight from visiting the grandkids in Israel? Leaving for LaGuardia too early to eat breakfast before going on that long-awaited Saint Martin Island vacation? Have no fear, Fresko Green Label is here! Now the estimated 1.5 million kosher travelers who fly domestically and internationally from JFK, LaGuardia, and Newark airports, annually, can avail themselves of a large variety of kosher prepared food options packaged under the Fresko and Yummy Sandwich labels, under STAR-K Kosher supervision.
No longer do you have to subsist on pretzels and candy that, thankfully, are marked with a reliable kosher symbol! The STAR-K certified Fresko/Yummy Sandwich menu includes items such as: grilled chicken salad, southern honey BBQ chicken wrap, fresh roasted turkey sandwich, Cajun turkey sandwich, grilled chicken shawarma wrap, herb grilled chicken sandwich, tuna salad on greens, tuna salad wrap, tuna fish sandwich, grilled tofu wrap, organic quinoa salad, layered Capelli D’Angelo salad, Greek feta wrap, shaved fresh mozzarella sandwich, classic egg salad sandwich, and yogurt parfaits. All breads are Pas Yisroel; all dairy items are Cholov Yisroel.
These menu items can be found, Sunday through Friday at these locations:
NEWARK LIBERTY INTERNATIONAL
Terminal C1 – Six locations:
1. The entrance before Gate C70, – CIBO Express bearing the Fresko Green Label and STAR-K symbol
2. Gate C-71- Mercato Abruzzo bearing the Fresko Label and STAR-K symbol
3. Gate C73 – CIBO Express bearing the Fresko Green Label and STAR-K symbol
4. Gate C75 – CIBO Express bearing the Fresko Green Label and STAR-K symbol
5. Gate C92 – CIBO Express bearing the Fresko Green Label and STAR-K symbol
6. Gate C93 – CIBO Express bearing the Fresko Green Label and STAR-K symbol
Terminal C2 – Two locations:
1. Gate C101 – 115 — Vanguard Market – bearing the Fresko Label and STAR-K symbol
2. Gate C112- CIBO Express bearing the Fresko Green Label and STAR-K symbol
Terminal C3 – Three locations:
1. Gate C123 – CIBO Express bearing the Fresko Green Label and STAR-K symbol
2. Gate C132 – CIBO Express bearing the Fresko Green Label and STAR-K symbol
3. Near Gate 139 – Complete Kosher Market – CIBO Express bearing the Fresko Green Label and STAR-K symbol
LAGUARDIA AIRPORT
Central Terminal B
CIBO Express – CIBO Express bearing the Fresko Green Label and STAR-K symbol
Terminal C – Five locations:
1. Gate C-15 – CIBO Express bearing the Fresko Green Label and STAR-K symbol
2. Across from CRUST near Gate C-24 – CIBO Express bearing the Fresko Green Label and STAR-K symbol
3. Between Gate C-28 and C-29 – CIBO Express bearing the Fresko Green Label and STAR-K symbol
4. Gate C31 – CIBO Express bearing the Fresko Green Label and STAR-K symbol
5. Inside CIBO Express Food Hall – CIBO Express bearing the Fresko Green Label and STAR-K symbol
Terminal D – Two locations:
1. Gate 11 – CIBO Express bearing the Fresko Green Label and STAR-K symbol
2. CIBO Express Food Hall – CIBO Express bearing the Fresko Green Label and STAR-K symbol
JFK AIRPORT
Terminal 2 – Three locations:
1. Gate C61 – CIBO Express bearing the Fresko Green Label and STAR-K symbol
2. Between C65 and C66 – CIBO Express bearing the Fresko Green Label and STAR-K symbol
3. Gate C70 – CIBO Express bearing the Fresko Green Label and STAR-K symbol
Terminal 4 – Eight locations:
1. Jetbox B20 – BoxChef Label bearing the STAR-K
2. Peets Coffee – B23 – BoxChef Label bearing the STAR-K
3. Jetbox 28- BoxChef Label bearing the STAR-K
4. Panopolis A – BoxChef Label bearing the STAR-K
5. Jetbox Arrivals – BoxChef Label bearing the STAR-K
6. Dunkin Food Court – BoxChef Label bearing the STAR-K
7. Panopolis B – BoxChef Label bearing the STAR-K
8. Jetbox Arrivals – BoxChef Label bearing the STAR-K
Terminal 5 – Four locations:
1. Opposite Gate 5 – CIBO Express bearing the Fresko Green Label and STAR-K symbol
2. CIBO Express Food Hall – between Gates 7 & 8 – CIBO Express bearing the Fresko Green Label and STAR-K symbol
3. Gate 9 – CIBO Express bearing the Fresko Green Label and STAR-K symbol
4. Gate 21 – CIBO Express bearing the Fresko Green Label and STAR-K symbol
Terminal 8
CIBO Express – CIBO Express bearing the Fresko Green Label and STAR-K symbol
Bon voyage and bon appetite!
To easily access these locations, visit the STAR-K website:
(Margie Pensak – YWN)
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14 Responses
I have know the feeling as a frequent Travler passing thru the above airports… But I think that the average frum Jew is not spending 12 dollars for a tuna sandwich!!
A good business model is to service a place, venue that has a need, such as the airports, but when you price yourself way above the norm your asking for trouble.
I have seen their stand in Newark but their prices are just out of Wack…
Hopefully they realize that and bring down their prices… Which will give them long term succes.
Why pay outrageous prices for less than fresh “preserved’ sandwiches when you can bring them from home (and unlike drinks, one can bring them through security). Most frum Jews really can NOT afford to overpay for food. There are plenty of drinks with a hecksher (overpriced, as can be expected given airport policies).
It would be nice if there were a proper kosher restaurant offering fresh cooked food, which might overcome the natural frugality of frum travellers. It should be noted that all three New York airports are not far from real kosher restaurants for those needing to eat en route to the airport.
Average for non-kosher sandwiches at these airports is about $10. If most of the kosher ones are $12, that’s not too much of a premium.
Of course #1 may be right that most of us are too smart to pay $12 (or even $10) for a sandwich unless we’re really desperate (or think we can get away with it on an expense account!)
There is always the brown-bag option…
I’m glad about improvements that make things easier for the kosher traveler.
I wonder, however, whether shopping at a generally non-kosher food vendor like CIBO raises the issue of “mor’is ha’ayin”.
I think a distinction can be drawn between center-aisle stands or those set up like mini-marts (less of an issue) from those that resemble fast-food counters or restaurants (more of an issue).
Before everyone runs out to take a mortgage to buy a sandwich, let me tell you that I was distinctly unimpressed by the quality of the complimentary Fresko meal I was served in the Virgin lounge at JFK a couple of months ago. But for the fact that I was really hungry, I would have put it aside after one mouthful. Nothing but nothing beats the quality of the Hermolis Kedassia certified kosher food, both sandwiches and on board meals [and no I’m not related!]
kemach yoshon?
If their prices are too high, they need to be told.
how can an arriving passenger from Israel at terminal c in EWR access any of these locations?
I enjoyed my turkey sandwich in the Jetblue terminal. I understood that the reason I paid 10.99 was because I wasn’t in Boro Park.
blubluh ,
There isn’t any more maras eyin then walking into any other store that sells kosher & non kosher or items such as plain coffee which most reliable Kashrus agencies say if perfectly okay to do.
#8 – You do realize that there are kosher restaurants in Elizabeth which is 15 minutes away from the terminal at Newark.
If they drop the “paas yisroel” & “chalav yisroel” from the ingredients, will that bring the prices down? The super frumaaks aren’t buying or eating these sandwich’s anyway.
#12: Probably not, and can you share your market research that led to your conclusion that “super frumaaks” won’t be buying those sandwiches?
cholov yisrael is for super-frummacks? really.. are you one of those guys every time he hears a halacha that he wasnt brought up with from his baalabos father he blames the frummies in lakewood for creating new chumrahs