570737 Sun Nov 09 06:24:09 -0800 2008 56 28 Kosher 0 4159490 anyone have any clue where to buy my thanksgiving turkey i know i should have bought a few weeks ago, but i only now have the freezer space for it where are the prices not insane? Sun Nov 09 06:24:09 -0800 2008 18598 shoelace 1 4159499 Where are you at? Becayse here in Chicago they are not too bad - Sun Nov 09 06:31:20 -0800 2008 4159490 11622 weinstein5 2 4159982 Im in NY.Waldbaums has them for 2.99, but that's insane. I do have the $10 towards one for buying 20 boxes of cereal, but I still cant bring myself to spend $50 on a turkey Sun Nov 09 12:04:54 -0800 2008 4159499 18598 shoelace 1 4159501 As it gets closer to thanksgiving you should see the deals appear. Usually Keyfood has good prices. You can keep tabs on prices by visiting http://www.thefivetowns.com/NewExciting.html and looking at the circulars of the various stores online. Sun Nov 09 06:32:48 -0800 2008 4159490 16616 MartyB 2 4159986 I do check the circulars, do you have any clue what the regualr non-sale price is for whole frozen turkeys is at brachs or gg? Sun Nov 09 12:05:43 -0800 2008 4159501 18598 shoelace 3 4160015 Stay away from the kosher venues, I have never, ever, seen them with reasonable turkey prices. Keep an eye on Keyfood for the frozen Empire turkeys. Sun Nov 09 12:24:23 -0800 2008 4159986 16616 MartyB 4 4160184 there seems to be no reasonable this year, I miss the days of .69lb turkeys Sun Nov 09 13:59:10 -0800 2008 4160015 18598 shoelace 5 4160242 I'll take $1.29. Anyway, I thnk that it is still too early for the specials to appear, although I don't think that it will be super low. I will be satisfied with $1.99/lb. I usually stock up on turkeys around thankgiving time, but this year I have a feeling that I will buy only the one that I will use for the dinner. I am stocking up on some good deals in the chicken catagory, chicken cutlets and chicken breasts, as well on some excellent deals on meats that currently exist (probably not for too long). Sun Nov 09 14:32:44 -0800 2008 4160184 16616 MartyB 1 4162165 If your butcher can get a fresh turkey for you, go for it. Infinitely better texture, flavor, and juiciness. That said, our supply here in St. Louis has been sporadic. I think we had to take a frozen turkey last year. p.j. Mon Nov 10 11:21:38 -0800 2008 4159490 13038 p.j. 2 4162977 Last year (2007), TRADER JOE'S ( www.traderjoes.com ) had *fresh* OU kosher turkeys, under the Trader Joe's label! I assume it was Empire or Rubashkin packaged in a different wrapper, but it was a mighty tasty bird indeed. Mon Nov 10 16:05:50 -0800 2008 4162165 194287 midasgold 3 4163004 I just called up Trader Joe's (the Hewlett, NY store) and they'll be arriving - TRADER JOE'S brand FRESH KOSHER TURKEYS on November 14, 2008. The store clerk didn't know what the price would be this year. If you're interested, I'd pick up one quickly, since they sold out rather briskly last year (I believe I got the very last one). Enjoy! Mon Nov 10 16:17:07 -0800 2008 4162977 194287 midasgold 1 4171739 It looks like the preponderance of kosher shopping options, like Brachs, Gourmet Glatt and Supersol have taken its toll on the general supermarkets in the 5 towns. I just got in the mail flyers as well as looking at the supplements found in Newsday, it appears that they are abandoning the kosher market. In all prior years comes thanksgiving they would have as one of the holiday turkey options Empire. Now there is no mention of an Empire option and no mention of prices on Empire on most of the stores. Foodtown, for example has the following options if you spend $100: Free Foodtown turkey Free Foodtown turkey breast Free Cook’s shank smoked ham Free Cook’s spiral sliced honey ham Shady Brook Farms turkey $.60/lb Shady Brook Farms turkey breast $.90/lb Butterball Frozen turkey $.30/lb You would think they can sneak in a kosher option? King Kullen has $.29/lb turkey if you spend $50. Again, no mention of kosher options. Stop & Shop Shady Brooks farms frozen turkey $.59/lb Butterball frozen turkey $.99/lb Shady Brooks Farms fresh turkey $.99/lb Butterball fresh turkey $1.49 Stop & Shop does advertise Empire for an astounding $2.49/lb, but is not one of the card club options. Thu Nov 13 15:43:18 -0800 2008 4159490 16616 MartyB 2 4172733 Keyfood is selling Empire Kosher turkey for $1.99/lb (reg $2.39) with $25 purchase. I have a feeling that this will be the best price this season so I will only buy one turkey for my family. I will have to scare up $25 of items (not too hard this day and age) and more importantly find some room in my freezer. I just may wait to purchase turkey closer to thanksgiving so I can place it into my frig. This is after all not such a blockbuster price for me to worry about it being gobbled up. Fri Nov 14 04:53:05 -0800 2008 4171739 16616 MartyB 3 4173116 Waldbaums has the same. It really makes me mad that Im enthused abt 1.99 Do you know if the sales are going to continue till thanksgiving? I'd like to wait as well, but Im scared to miss the sale and they wouldn't guive me a straight answer Fri Nov 14 07:40:03 -0800 2008 4172733 18598 shoelace 2 4173248 I was upset about the exclusion of the kosher option that I fired of an email to Foodtown. They replied positively and hopefully will be reflected in next weeks circular, ------------------------------------------------------------------- My name is Noah Katz and I am one of the owners of Foodtown. (in Hewlett). I got your email...sorry for the confusion and the fact that we overlooked putting the Kosher Turkey's in as part of the printed promotion in the flyer. Please know that all shoppers may take the price per pound of a Foodtown Turkey OFF the price of a kosher Empire Turkey, when they have accumulated the $300 spend. I just called Jerry the Meat Manager and he did in fact confirm that this is our practice, we just made a big mistake by not including it in the flyer. We will make signs and post them around the store. At the end of the day, I have no one to blame but myself, as I am the owner, but there was a mistake made in this process, It certainly should have been included in print. It was always our intention to provide a Kosher Turkey at a discounted price when shoppers spend $300 in the period before the holiday. Again, I apologize and I hope that you have a great holiday. Noah Noah Katz Vice President Foodtown - PSK Supermarkets Fri Nov 14 08:26:11 -0800 2008 4171739 16616 MartyB 3 4177001 The *fresh* kosher turkeys flew into the Hewlett Trader Joe's yesterday (Friday, 11/14/2008). They're $2..29 per pound - less than this week's Gourmet Glatt advertised price of $2.69 per pound for *frozen* Empire turkeys. Sat Nov 15 20:15:04 -0800 2008 4173248 194287 midasgold 4 4177089 Nice price, I may go for it if I can be assured that it will be in stock, at that price, a few days before thanksgiving. Too early to buy for thanksgiving yet. Sat Nov 15 21:30:31 -0800 2008 4177001 16616 MartyB 5 4177124 anyone have any clue if they have these in merrick as well? Sat Nov 15 22:20:32 -0800 2008 4177089 18598 shoelace 5 4182834 my wife just picked up a 14 lb turkey at Trader Joes. we'll freeze it for a few days. I think the frozen turkeys that are sold as frozen go thru a different freezing process for long term freezing. Tue Nov 18 08:33:43 -0800 2008 4177089 13122 berel 3 4189057 Very disappointed, I just looked at the advertisement supplement from Foodtown that was included in today's Newsday. No mention, again, of kosher turkey option; just the prior turkey/ham options. Just goes to show that talk is cheep. I stick to my initial observation that the local supermarkets have abandoned the kosher consumer. With Brachs, Gourmet Glatt, Supersol, Kosher World and now Glatt Kosher Kingdom, there is really no reason to have to deal with the supermarkets that you have to look at every single can and package to find the hechsher. I guess Foodtown has come to this conclusion as well and it was not worth to spare the space in the circular for an Empire turkey thankgiving option. Maybe they think that the kosher consumer doesn't celebrate thanksgiving? Thu Nov 20 09:24:16 -0800 2008 4173248 16616 MartyB 1 4189191 As of yesterday, they have plenty of them in Trader Joe's Merrick. Thu Nov 20 09:57:33 -0800 2008 4159490 224939 Lissy63 2 4189241 hey, if you keep telling people that, they wont have any when i go to get one on monday! i bought one early in the week to test out, and just finished it up last night, it was good Thu Nov 20 10:12:16 -0800 2008 4189191 18598 shoelace 3 4190861 There were some at TJs in Hewlett last night. My guess is that they are Empire, because of the KAJ connection (as indicated on the label). Whole Foods at Houston and 2nd Ave had Wise's Organic Fresh for $1.69/lb- which I thought was a good price for a fresh, organic bird. (Alas, I didn't take it home with me on the LIRR.) Thu Nov 20 21:22:37 -0800 2008 4189241 16472 whitewater 4 4196678 That price must be an error. The retail price of organic turkey should be somewhere around $4.00/lb. The store is losing significant money on each one. Sun Nov 23 17:41:34 -0800 2008 4190861 155834 momrn 5 4204761 Just went to Gourmet Glatt in the 5 towns, they are selling Wise Organic Frozen turkeys for $5.49/lb. Wed Nov 26 18:56:26 -0800 2008 4196678 16616 MartyB 1 4191154 I was in Waterbury Ct. yesterday, we stopped by the Waterbury Shoprite to visit my son who runs the kosher bagel concession in the Shoprite. Checked out the frozen Empire turkeys while in the store. $1.99 a lb. We also got a 10% discount via my son. So we bought another turkey even though we already bought a turkey at Traders Joes this week. Fri Nov 21 05:04:10 -0800 2008 4159490 13122 berel 2 4191528 Shoprite in NJ is giving frozen Empire Turkeys for free once you spend $300. Picked up a 14lb one this week. Only available through next friday. Fri Nov 21 08:01:25 -0800 2008 4191154 203519 njkosher 3 4191553 I think all the Shoprites have that deal Fri Nov 21 08:09:23 -0800 2008 4191528 13122 berel 3 4193017 Only nonkosher turkeys at Shoprite are free. Empire Turkeys are $1.19 per lb if you spent the $300. Still a good deal. My guess is that your checkout person made a mistake and gave it to you for free. Hmmm where did you say your Shoprite is locates?? Fri Nov 21 16:59:15 -0800 2008 4191528 223833 joaniesl 1 4196100 Went to Keyfood for the $1.99 turkey. Real easy to find $25 of other purchases to get the $1.99 price. Funny, they had lots of turkeys there, some were labeled $2.39/lb and some were labeled $2.99/lb. The $1.99/lb special were for turkeys up to 14 pounds. I tried to figure out why some were labeled $2.39 and some labeled $2.99. At first I thought that turkeys over 14 pounds were $2.99 until I saw a 12 pound bird priced at $2.99/lb. Anyway, not a good year for turkey specials for the kosher consumer. Non-kosher consumers have free options or as low as $.29/lb and I am here semi-content with $1.99/lb - sigh. Last week Gourmet Glatt advertised a "Mega Blowout" special on Empire Frozen Turkey for $2.69/lb - I had to control myself from making a mad dash to them :) Sun Nov 23 13:01:04 -0800 2008 4159490 16616 MartyB 2 4196387 Fine Fare in Brooklyn had a free turkey wih a $300 purchase. (I'm pretty sure it was $300). Sun Nov 23 15:14:42 -0800 2008 4196100 217807 cheesecake17 1 4196588 The Shop Rite in Norwich, CT also has been running that "spend $300 in x period of time and get a free turkey" special. Some years the kosher turkeys were free up to a certain weight, other years they gave you the cost per pound of the non-kosher turkey off the price per pound of the kosher turkey. We weren't sure what the deal was this year but in fact we got our 15 lb. frozen turkey for free. The marked price for the frozen Empire turkeys was $1.99 lb and for fresh, $2.99 lb. If I had know we would have gotten the turkey for free, and if we could have instead gotten the fresh turkey for a dollar a pound, I would have gone that way. But I'm still quite satisfied. Sun Nov 23 16:51:59 -0800 2008 4159490 29024 ravchaz 1 5139898 Well here we are a year later and I just got a flyer from the Foodtown of Hewlett and, again, no mention of a kosher Thanksgiving kosher option. Is it because. (1) Foodtown does not believe that the kosher consumer celebrates Thanksgiving? (2) They have so few kosher shoppers that it is not worth their while to include the 1" that the offering (if they even have one) would take. (3) ? To recap, here is part of the email that I recieved LAST YEAR from one of the owners from Foodtown -> My name is Noah Katz and I am one of the owners of Foodtown. (in Hewlett). I got your email...sorry for the confusion and the fact that we overlooked putting the Kosher Turkey's in as part of the printed promotion in the flyer. .... I just called Jerry the Meat Manager and he did in fact confirm that this is our practice, we just made a big mistake by not including it in the flyer. ... Thu Oct 29 07:36:03 -0700 2009 4159490 16616 MartyB 2 5139921 Maybe it might have been a mistake to leave it out of the flyer. Lots of people buy kosher turkeys even if they don't keep kosher... Thu Oct 29 07:42:51 -0700 2009 5139898 217807 cheesecake17 3 5139991 I believe that I may have edited my post after you replied. I included the fact that the email that I received was from LAST YEAR. I can understand making a mistake last year and leaving it out, but here we are a year later and it was left out again despite the acknowledgement of the store owner that it was the stores practice to include a kosher thanksgiving option. I just “replied” to Noah Katz’s year old email and will see what he has to say this year. Thu Oct 29 08:09:37 -0700 2009 5139921 16616 MartyB 4 5140111 I didn't see the edit. But two years in a row.. that seems like it's on purpose. Just so you know... Shoprite in Brooklyn was advertising a free (nonkosher) turkey, stouffer's lasagna, ham, or kosher chicken. Thu Oct 29 08:47:10 -0700 2009 5139991 217807 cheesecake17 5 5140733 Just got the following response - see it pays to speak up. I don't quite know if I should pursue it via a phone call. It is not such a big deal to me. More of an issue of principle since they did offer a $10 gift certificate as one of the choices if you shop > $300 and one can use it for your Empire turkey purchase. This was more of an issue of the holiday spirit and one of inclusion. -------------------------------------------------------------------- Again, I owe you and all the shoppers an apology for the way this came out in the flyer. I would like you to know (I just got off the phone with advertising agency and computer people), the sale does include a reduced price for the Empire Turkey's and Turkey breasts when you spend $300 in the weeks leading up to Thanksgiving....they just left it out of the printed flyer, again. I am having them generate as we speak, signs that the stores will put up near the Empire Turkey's that will explain this. Again, I am sorry about this and it is embarrassing that you have pointed this out to me two years in a row. I was just assured that this will not happen again. Can you please email me your full contact information, I would like to send you a note in the mail. Plus, if you don't mind, I would like to call you, can you send me your phone number? I am really sorry about this and I hope you have a great holiday season.. talk to you soon. Noah Noah Katz Vice President PSK Supermarkets Foodtown - Freshtown 444 South Fulton Ave Mount Vernon, New York, 10553 914-667-6400 x1011 Fax 914-667-4929 noah@foodtownpsk.net Noah Katz's Assistant is: Dorette McPheter 914-667-6400 x1011 Dorette@Foodtownpsk.net Thu Oct 29 11:45:37 -0700 2009 5140111 16616 MartyB 6 5140759 I think you should call. He sounds remorseful, and is trying do the right thing. p.j. Thu Oct 29 11:52:57 -0700 2009 5140733 13038 p.j. 7 5140840 I definitely respect the man. I am more sensitive to what Foodtown does since I shopped the chain since my youth starting from when I lived in Canarsie. Thu Oct 29 12:19:30 -0700 2009 5140759 16616 MartyB 5 5146437 Shoprite's offer for a free kosher chicken - nice - but I can't picture sitting at the thanksgiving dinner over a chicken - doesn't seem "kosher". I just wish the majors would simply subtract the cost per pound of the non-kosher turkeys that they are offering for free and offer the discount on the kosher turkeys. We Jews would understand and would be grateful. I really don't expect this day and age to be getting free kosher turkeys, but a discount on one would be nice. Sun Nov 01 05:58:13 -0800 2009 5140111 16616 MartyB 6 5146515 I think they do that also, but it's not advertised, and it's only up to a certain weight.. Waldbaum's in Brooklyn had an ad- spend $40 on certain items and get a free turkey. Not sure what the kosher option was, but I'm sure they offered something. Peppridge Farm and Mott's were two of the brands included. Sun Nov 01 06:51:11 -0800 2009 5146437 217807 cheesecake17 6 5146642 Shoprite in Bergen county is offering 1)1.19 OFF per pound of any other fresh or frozen Turkey (as opposed to their own 2) 1.89 off per pound of any fresh or frozen Turkey breast, here they specify Kosher included 3) The frozen roasting chicken - free (up to 4 lbs). Now, I don't see why you couldn't get the discount on an entire kosher Turkey....it does say >>ANY OTHER<< Sun Nov 01 08:00:41 -0800 2009 5146437 193375 vallevin 2 5142360 is it going to be cheaper than the $1.79 per lb Costco is charging for Empire turkeys? Fri Oct 30 05:44:55 -0700 2009 5139898 13122 berel 3 5147139 It is in general hard to beat Costco on prices. I sometimes don't know how they do it. Let me give an example. In the latest issue of Consumers Reports (12/2009 p11) they rate AA batteries. In the Alkaline catagory it goes something like this (price is for a pair) Panasonic Evolta $2.00 Duracell Ultra $3.00 Kirkland (Costco) $0.46 !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Duracell Coppertop $2.50 Panasonic Digital $1.50 Rayovac $1.50 Walgreens $2.50 Energizer Max $2.50 CVS $2.00 See what I mean? By the way, I went to Costco this past Friday. They appear to be expanding their kosher meat offerings. They now have rib steaks with and without the bone. I bought the chuck meat to use for my chullent. Their meats are USDA Choice and look real nice. Sun Nov 01 12:14:50 -0800 2009 5142360 16616 MartyB 4 5148183 As far as meat is concerned, Costco may be the best price you can find. But as for batteries: Do they actually sell 2 for $0.46, or is this the price when a larger package is divided up? I just bought a 10 pack of Duracell Coppertop AAs at Target and paid 6.49, so they were 1.30 for two. But I couldn't buy two; the smallest pack was a 10-pack. Costco usually sells in such large quantities, it might work out to 46 cents per pair when you buy 10 or 20, but you might not need that many. I didn't really even want the 10 I bought at Target, and think I might have saved money by buying a 2 or 4-pack elsewhere, because I don't use batteries for very many things. Sometimes what sounds cheap works out to waste money, when you buy things you don't need. BTW, Consumer Reports rarely has the actually prices people pay; you can usually find what they report on for less than the prices they report. Sun Nov 01 20:51:01 -0800 2009 5147139 159087 queenscook 3 5153529 Just went to Keyfood to do some shopping, they are asking $2.99/lb for frozen Empire Turkey. I think Brachs/Gourmet Glatt are asking close to $3.50/lb for the Frozen Turkeys. Costco rules! Tue Nov 03 16:40:40 -0800 2009 5142360 16616 MartyB 4 5154518 I have to Costco empire turkeys in the freezer so I'm set for a while. I checked out the meat fridge in Costco last night, lots of rib steaks and rib eye available but I'm trying to stay away form meat as much as possible. looks like those rumors of the vaad pressuring Costco just weren't true Wed Nov 04 06:20:23 -0800 2009 5153529 13122 berel 5 5154811 Outside of my Pik-N-Pay Brooklyn choice, it looks like Costco will be able to satisfy all my local kosher meat shopping needs. They now have turkeys, chickens - both fresh and frozen, brisket, steaks, london broil, chuck, chopped meats plus others that I don't remember. I am not big into meat - more of a chicken and turkey eater. What they currently carry is more than enough for me. Wed Nov 04 08:02:14 -0800 2009 5154518 16616 MartyB 6 5154914 have you tried the turkey tenders (turkey cutlets) at Costco, they make a nasty schintzel Wed Nov 04 08:25:08 -0800 2009 5154811 13122 berel 7 5154960 turkey cant be cooked like chicken, i used the sutlets, but they needed to be brined or marinated, to let them breakdown Wed Nov 04 08:38:41 -0800 2009 5154914 18598 shoelace 8 5155303 What marinade do you recommend for the turkey tenders? I always used chicken cutlets, never tried the turkey ones. Wed Nov 04 10:03:37 -0800 2009 5154960 16616 MartyB 9 5155352 there was a sesame teriyaki that i actually got at costco on the same trip that was really good, or sometimes ill blend togetehr some dijon mustard, lite soy sauce, lime juice, a little bit of olive oil and garlic anything that tastes good on a chicken should be yummy on turkey, u just need to make sure it has soem acid in it to break down the turkey let them sit in it for a couple fo hours then drop the cutlets in a grill pan and your good to go Wed Nov 04 10:14:20 -0800 2009 5155303 18598 shoelace 1 5175731 Just got the latest Foodtown circular. Still no mention of a kosher option! I just can’t figure them out. Here are their thanksgiving offerings for a purchase of $300-> Cook’s Shank or Butt Portion Smoked Ham – Free Foodtown Natural Turkey 10-22lb – Free Foodtown Natural Turkey Breast 4-7/lb – Free Shady Brook Farms Fresh Turkey 10-20/lb - $.40/lb Shady Brook Farms Fresh Turkey Breasts 4-8/lb - $1.10/lb Stoufer’s Lasagna – Free Cook’s Spiral Sliced Ham - $.99/lb Butterball Frozen Turkey 10-22lb - $.30/lb You would think they could fit in a kosher turkey offering, especially after the email sent by one of their owners. I just checked Stop & Shop’s circular. They are offering kosher frozen empire turkey for $1.99/lb. No big deal considering that Costco is offering the same for $1.79/lb, but at least they did advertise the kosher offering. Thu Nov 12 09:16:24 -0800 2009 4159490 16616 MartyB 2 5183343 We received our Trader Joe's "Fearless Flyer" via snail mail a few days ago. In addition to a really cool Venn Diagram depicting the intersection of Canned Pumpkin, Ice Cream, and Pie Crust and an elaborate "Turkey & Trimmings Schematic" centerfold, a front-page announcement confirms that, "They're back - in a big way. Fresh, Young, Glatt Kosher All-natural Turkeys for $2.29 per pound (12-16 lb birds) will be available starting November 13th, 2009." Sun Nov 15 11:34:35 -0800 2009 5175731 194287 midasgold 1 5184868 this week in the NY area, Waldbaum's has unadvertised special: Empire Frozen Turkeys for $1.99/pound Mon Nov 16 05:04:17 -0800 2009 4159490 44910 mggn 1 5200484 Went to Foodtown to see their kosher thanksgiving offering - > Empire turkey $1.80/lb w/$300 purchase. Some other metzious around the 5 towns: Supersol - $2.49/lb for Rubashkin(?) turkey. Brachs - Empire $1.99/lb (reg $2.69/lb) Gourmet Glatt - Super Sale (?) Empire $1.79/lb w/$100 purchase (reg $3.39/lb!) Contrast these with Costco's EVERYDAY price of $1.79/lb for Empire frozen turkey - Enough said! Sun Nov 22 13:31:38 -0800 2009 4159490 16616 MartyB 2 5201805 I found you a free turkey Marty http://www.nydailynews.com/ny_local/2009/11/23/2009-11-23_gobbling_up_the_attention_icons_a_big_draw_in_battery_park.html Mon Nov 23 06:24:12 -0800 2009 5200484 13122 berel