“This never happened before. It’s never been this way,” Yehudah Fink says. “We’ve had shortages, but nothing quite as bad.”
Link copiedFor more than two decades, Simcha Kosher Catering in Dallas offered a variety of specialty prepared foods that customers could take home for their Passover Seders — the ritual meal that starts the eight-day holiday. During the pandemic, the company pivoted to “Seders in a box,” which included matzo, gefilte fish and other Passover items.
As millions of Jews nationwide prepare for the holiday to begin Friday night, many face much higher prices for Passover foods, which, along with so many other growing expenses, are taxing their budgets. With inflation at its highest level in four decades, caterers, grocers and shoppers say this could be the most expensive Passover in recent memory.Baruch Epstein is an Orthodox rabbi and the director of community outreach at Lubavitch Chabad of Illinois, in Chicago.
At Zelda’s Catering in Skokie, Illinois, Passover orders typically accounted for around $200,000 a year until the pandemic hit and orders plummeted. Facing a huge loss, CEO Linda Neiman realized, “If we don’t try and do something for Passover, we might as well just close today. There’s no reason to stay open.” She quickly began local outreach programs and launched Zelda’s Catering At Your Table! For Passover. The company held on.But the workarounds weren’t over.
Meat and poultry consumption surges during Passover because many other foods are off-limits. That’s why, as the holiday approaches, David Elliot typically has a half-million pounds of chicken in its freezers — enough to make it through two to three weeks.
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