Kosher food is a new trend in stadium food. Over the past couple of years, exclusively kosher stands have been sprouting up at more sports venues, offering food that even very strict Jewish people, those who follow the dietary laws of kashrut, can eat. The glatt kosher hot dogs and other meat products are held to a different standard from ordinary ones and, of course, do not involve pork products. They are proving popular in New York, Philadelphia, Baltimore and Washington, despite that fact that the stands are not typically open on the two busiest times of the sporting week: Friday nights and Saturdays. One other risk of selling the kosher food is that it is typically more expensive than the nonkosher offerings at stadiums and since stadium food is not inexpensive to begin with, this can mean that consumers might be paying as much as 25% more for kosher products. That being said, the slow and steady success of such vendors indicates that there is a market for kosher products in these settings, from both those who keep kosher and those who, like some fans, "like the taste better [and] assume the quality is better."Stadiums going kosher
Kosher food is a new trend in stadium food. Over the past couple of years, exclusively kosher stands have been sprouting up at more sports venues, offering food that even very strict Jewish people, those who follow the dietary laws of kashrut, can eat. The glatt kosher hot dogs and other meat products are held to a different standard from ordinary ones and, of course, do not involve pork products. They are proving popular in New York, Philadelphia, Baltimore and Washington, despite that fact that the stands are not typically open on the two busiest times of the sporting week: Friday nights and Saturdays. One other risk of selling the kosher food is that it is typically more expensive than the nonkosher offerings at stadiums and since stadium food is not inexpensive to begin with, this can mean that consumers might be paying as much as 25% more for kosher products. That being said, the slow and steady success of such vendors indicates that there is a market for kosher products in these settings, from both those who keep kosher and those who, like some fans, "like the taste better [and] assume the quality is better."
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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
11-27-2006 @ 12:13PM
Lauren said...
If Turner Field opened a kosher stand here, I'd actually eat a hot dog when I go to a Braves game. (I'm not Jewish, but I only eat kosher dogs.) :)
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11-27-2006 @ 12:57PM
MJ said...
This is great! with all the damn recalls, Im loving this! I also buy kosher hotdogs, wish i had a kosher butcher here! God i miss Jersey!
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11-27-2006 @ 7:49PM
Kearns said...
Kosher is actually quite popular in the Muslim community. Anything Kosher without Alcohol easily complies with Muslim dietary law.
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11-27-2006 @ 11:33PM
Allison said...
"this can mean that consumers might be paying as much as 25% more for kosher products."
Which means I'll hear all the complaints about
that price. I volunteer at an NFL concession
stand and I can't stand it when someone
tells me, "These prices are ridiculous ! How can you charge that much ? $4 for a hotdog is nuts !"
Like I have any control over that *eyeroll*
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11-27-2006 @ 11:42PM
DaveBarnes said...
The plural is "stadia", not "ums"
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11-28-2006 @ 1:31PM
Nicole Weston said...
As far as common usage goes, "stadiums" at least as acceptable as "stadia" as a plural form of "stdium" according to the OED.
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11-28-2006 @ 1:50PM
Allison said...
lol Dave. You totally rock. I learned
the "stadia" issue during my
facilities management class.
Very cool that I'm not the only one
who notices that stuff : D
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11-28-2006 @ 7:30PM
MJ said...
EVEERYTHING IS NOT KOSHER...THAT SAIDS KOSHER, MOST WONT GO THAT WAY BECAUSE OF THE VERY STRICT PROCEDURES THAT GO ALONG WITH IT. KNOW WHAT YOUR EATING, SPECIALLY WHEN YOUR pAYING MUCH MORE FOR IT. JUST BOUGHT SEVERAL PKGS. OF HEBREW NATION HOTDOGS FOR $ 2.19 A PKG. IM LOVING ME RIGHT NOW!
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