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October 1, 2004/Tishri 6 5765, Vol. 57, No. 5
Scottsdale Kosher Market expands
MICHAEL MIKLOFSKY
Staff Writer
Things are cook-ing in Brandon Budd's kosher kitchen.
Since opening its kitchen, Scottsdale Kosher Market has broadened its range of services and pro-ducts, including de-livering meals for a lunch program begun Sept. 1 for students at The King David School.
The market, which Budd supervises, started as The Pass-over Pantry, selling holiday goods, in March 2003. It now operates throughout the year. The store is affiliated with Cha-bad of Scottsdale.
Some people in the community wanted "a place where they can meet and buy meat," according to Rabbi Yossi Levertov of Chabad.
"This is the bedrock of the Jewish faith, every Jewish holiday revolves around food," Levertov added. "What's the joke? They tried to kill us, we won, let's eat."
The store's kitchen since late August has offered take-out catering and sliced meat by the pound. Regular shoppers quickly took notice and began to request catering for bar and bat mitzvah receptions and other events, Budd said.
The King David School, which teaches kinder-garten- to eighth-grade students, located on the Ina Levine Jewish Community Cam-pus at 12753 N. Scottsdale Road, does not have its own kitchen. Students eat lunch at tables set up in the multipurpose room.
To launch the lunch program, the market sent every student and faculty member home with a complimentary miniature challah. About 127 of the 215 students now buy lunch, at $3.50-$3.75 per meal, Budd said.
"We hope the numbers will grow. We prepare healthful quality menus," including fresh fruits and vegetables, he said.
"(Employees at the market) are flexible and easy to work with," said Esther Feuerberg, King David's head of school. "They are providing the meals, they're on time, quite a few of our students are purchasing the meals" rather than bringing lunch from home.
The market also has a challah and baked-goods program with Har Zion Early Childhood Center, selling products at a discounted rate to the school, which in turn sells them to parents. The school retains profits for special projects. In its first year, the school raised about $1,000, which it used to buy challahs for its own programs, said preschool director Nancy Siegel Manson.
The market has a similar program with The King David School's Parent-Teacher Organization.
Budd said he has other things on his plate, which include opening a deli and restaurant for 30 people later this year.
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