Monday, May 26, 2014

Coney Island Ritas "store" kosher certification is a fraud

 Coney Island RITA'S web site "falsely" claims to be certified by the OU and the KOF-K.
http://yeahthatskosher.com/2014/05/ritas-italian-ice-now-open-at-coney-island-brooklyn-ny/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+YeahThatsKosher+%28YeahThatsKosher.com++%7C++Your+Jewish+%26+Kosher+Travel+resource%29
The Kof-K says they do not certify any Ritas Stores.
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8 comments:

  1. AnonymousMon May 26, 08:49:00 PM 2014

    The products coming from the head franchise are all certified kosher. The store itself is not supervised. Depending on your standards, this is acceptable. I don't think the store is misleading customers personally.

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  2. AnonymousTue May 27, 02:20:00 PM 2014

    The store is not supervised? At the end of the day, they wash the utensils. Do they wash it with kosher soap? What else are they washing - if the utensils are treif and they are hot, then whatever they touch is affected.

    Dito for starbucks, and dunkin donuts. If you have no standards then those are also acceptable.

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  3. AnonymousTue May 27, 05:47:00 PM 2014

    reb yodel

    who gives the hechshar for the ritas in Lakewood? is there a mashgiach always there?

    Please let us know

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  4. AnonymousTue May 27, 10:25:00 PM 2014

    If you want a mashgiach there all the time be ready to spend 10 bucks for a serving. In all seriousness though, what does shulchan aruch require in such a situation? Does it help if an observant jew owns the store? Real answers only, no what if the worker dunked a pig in the ice cream machine scenarios.

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  5. AnonymousWed May 28, 11:40:00 AM 2014

    So they wash with non kosher soap. Soap is not food. In any event even if ice cream is served with a really non kosher utensil the ice cream is not affected. Its ice cold, I hope.

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  6. AnonymousWed May 28, 09:56:00 PM 2014

    Read what the signs says. It can only mislead someone aho can't read English and has no sechel

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  7. AnonymousSun Jun 29, 02:25:00 PM 2014

    The store deserves no appology at all. Rabbi Shain publicized the fraud. Then Ritas contacted the Kof-K re: obtaining kosher certification.

    Then the O-U notified Ritas they will be sued for ilegally using the O-U registered trademark. BUT, If you go under O-U certification ....
    Now you know "the rest-of-the-story.

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  8. AnonymousSun Aug 07, 12:52:00 PM 2016

    It's amazing how suddenly everyone becomes poskim, It's kosher it's not kosher what the hell do u guys know did u by any chance finish shulchan aruch only a real imbicile would state his opinion

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