This development may lead to kosher KFC’s in other places also, like the US. Its also nice to see the other story – that Israeli companies are starting to take kosher more seriously…
KFC Israel going kosher
International fast food chain taking steps to turn its branches in Israel kosher, including replacing milk-powder chicken coating with kosher soy-powder coating, said to be identical in taste
Going kosher pays, as international fast food chain Kentucky Fried Chicken has learned, and is now taking steps towards receiving full kashrut in its Israeli branches.
Thanks to a special approval granted by the global chain, KFC Israel announced on Sunday that it would start marketing its chicken meals with a kosher soy-powder coating rather than the standard milk-power coating.
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Lehem Erez wants to go kosher / Navit Zomer
In attempt to increase sales targeting hotels and party halls, popular bakery chain closes factory on Shabbat in effort to receive kosher certificate
The approval was granted after two years of negotiations and deliberations, since the milk-powder element has been an inseparable part of KFC's world-famous coating for over half a century, and is what gives it its one-of-a-kind taste and coloring.
The kosher powder that will replace the milk ingredient is a milk-flavored soy powder that was approved by Kentucky Fried Chicken's labs in Dallas, Texas.
Thanks to this development, the chain will be able to open kosher branches in other places around the world where large Jewish populations are concentrated.
According to KFC Israel, the new taste is identical to the original, and the move to develop the new ingredient stemmed from many customers' requests to avoid mixing meat and dairy.
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Kentucky Fried Chicken has 10 branches in Israel, two of them being strictly kosher, while the rest operate on Shabbat.
According to the company's plans, three more branches are expected to be opened throughout 2009.
Lehem Erez wants to go kosher
In attempt to increase sales targeting hotels and party halls, popular bakery chain closes factory on Shabbat in effort to receive kosher certificate
The Lehem Erez bakery and café chain is looking to go kosher, Yedioth Ahronoth newspaper reported on Wednesday.
According to the report, the chain's owner Giora Naftali has been working vigorously towards received a kosher certificate for its baked goods.
The report said the chain will no longer operate its bread and cakes factory in Poleg, Netanya on Shabbat. Some of the chain's branches already close on Shabbat, including shops in Kfar Saba, Jerusalem, and Tivon.
The decision to make the chain kosher is part of the management's recovery process. Once Lehem Erez's products are certified, they can be marketed to institutions such as kosher hotels and party halls, that cannot use non-kosher products.
A kosher certificate was never part of Lehem Erez founder Erez Komrovsky's vision for the chain. After selling his remaining shares in the company to Naftali, Komrovsky is now an advisor to the chain.
Lehem Erez CEO Ofer Shoval confirmed the report and added that making the chain kosher was a necessary move in order to break into markets beyond the branches' sales.
According to Shoval there are no non-kosher ingredients in any of the company's products anyway. However, Shoval denied rumors that the chain would completely cease to work on Saturdays.
There are currently 22 Lehem Erez branches operating throughout Israel, with two more branches expected to open in the near future. So far, the chain has been generating losses for its investors.
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In an exclusive interview to Yedioth Ahronoth, Shoval revealed the chain's financial data and debts. "In 2007, the chain's turnover was NIS 43 million ($10.2 million), with an operational loss of NIS 2 million ($477,000). Debts to banks were NIS 9.5 million ($2.2 million).
”In 2008, the forecast is for a yearly turnover of NIS 45 million ($10.7 million), operational balance or a NIS 1 million ($238,000) profit, and minimizing debts to bans to NIS 8 million ($1.9 million)"
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