Store of the Month Pomegranate, Brooklyn, N.Y. COUNTRY A single location in Brooklyn is reinventing the way to sell groceries to a key demographic and beyond, by creating what management calls “an amazing supermarket that happens to be kosher.” By Bridget Goldschmidt KOSHER T 34 PHOTOS: ALDO MARTINEZ/ZUMA PRESS he Midwood section of Brooklyn seems at first like many other outer-borough neighborhoods across New York City, but there are some important differences. Because the area is home to a sizable population of Orthodox Jews, you won’t find the ubiquitous (and non-kosher) fast-food restaurants that dot other locales as you traverse streets lined with discount clothing shops, appliance stores and outlets for items like bathroom fixtures and refrigeration and heating supplies; instead, kosher restaurants and pizza places predominate. Second, you’ll notice the profusion of signs in Hebrew A H E A D O F W H AT ’ S N E X T www.progressivegrocer.com • Progressive Grocer • August/September 2009
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