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RESTAURANTS/CATERING  
    Currently there are no kosher restaurants in the KW area. Chabad offers catering for business lunches on a per-request basis. Click here for the menu and online order form.

BREADS  
1. Food Basics carries Haddad’s Bakery Pitas, which are certified kosher by the COR and are Pas Yisroel (what is "Pas Yisroel"?).

2. Zehr's, Valu-Mart and Sobeys carry frozen Dempster’s “Home Bakery” baguettes and dinner rolls, certified by Chof-K. They are Pas Yisroel when baked by someone Jewish.

3. Beechwood Zehr’s on Fischer-Hallman and Erb and Valu-Mart in the Waterloo Town Square carry a variety of Matzos.

4. The Wholesale Club at Weber and King, the Real Canadian Superstore at Highland and Fischer-Hallman and Zehr's at University and Lincoln carry the Italian Home Bakery line of breads, certified kosher and Pas Yisroel by the COR.

5. Frozen challah is available at Vincenzo's and at Sobeys on Ira Needles. 

MEAT/POULTRY
    1. NEW! Kosher meat and chicken are now available in Waterloo, in the kosher freezer at Vincenzo's. Frozen gefilte fish rolls and prepared Challahs are also in stock. One may still place an order for bi-weekly delivery from Hamilton Kosher to Vincenzo's. Kosher chicken is also available at Sobeys on Ira Needles.

2. Beechwood Zehr's carries frozen glatt-kosher burgers by “Lazar Yitzchok”, as well as Baldwin St. frankfurters.

3. Sobeys Bridgeport carries S'better frozen corn dogs and prepared chicken products.

FISH
    1. The Wholesale Club carries fresh salmon with an OU. Kosher lox and herring are available in many supermarkets. Cans and packets of tuna and salmon are also widely available.

2. Costco carries kosher frozen fillets of salmon and other fish; however, membership is required to shop at Costco.

VEGETARIAN
    A wide variety of Zoglos Vegetarian Choice products can be found in Sobeys Bridgeport and Beechwood Zehr's.

MILK & DAIRY PRODUCTS
   Sobeys on Ira Needles carries some varieties of "Haolam" brand kosher cheese.

WINE 
    In Ontario, all wine is sold at the government owned stores known as “LCBO” (Liquor Control Board of Ontario - www.lcbo.com). Most LCBOs in our area stock some kosher wines; the branch in Uptown Waterloo now carries close to 20 varieties. The branch in Cambridge carries some kosher selections as well. Most of the kosher wines can be found in the vintages section, and some stores actually have a kosher section as well. Be sure to check for a reliable kosher symbol on the label.

Beechwood Zehr’s carries Kedem sparkling grape juice.

KOSHER CERTIFYING AGENCIES
    Some common, reliable kosher symbols include:
 

(The COR symbol often includes numbers in the circle. This does not have anything to do with the kosher status of the item in question).

Many kosher products are available in local supermarkets – be sure to check products for reliable kosher certification. Beechwood Zehr’s has a small kosher section with Matzos, instant soups, macaroons, Schmerling's milk chocolate and other non perishables. A number of certified kosher products can also be found in the health food/organic section of the same store, including Cholov Yisroel Glutino chocolate wafers, bearing an MK.

בתיאבון– Bon Appetit!

Pas Yisroel: In a series of rabbinical ordinances instituted as a safeguard against intermarriage and assimilation, the Sages forbade the consumption of the wine, bread and cooked foods of a non-Jew, even when these do not contain any non-kosher ingredients. Technically, the prohibition of non-Jewish bread applies to home-baked bread, not to bread prepared in a commercial bakery. Nevertheless, it is the custom of many communities to use only pas yisroel ("Jewish bread") rather than avail oneself of this leniency.