By COLlive reporter
Pass the cheese, please.
Mehadrin Dairy Corporation, the largest distributor of Cholov Yisroel dairy and frozen foods in the United States, has notified that it will be increasing the prices on some of its products later this month.
In a letter to customers on Monday, the company based in Elizabeth, New Jersey wrote that “effective November 21, 2021, we will be increasing prices on some of our products” under the brands Mehadrin, J&J, Givat and Gevina.
Mehadrin, founded in 1950, carries over 300 different food products including hard cheese, sour cream, yogurt, butter and margarine, and ice cream. They also import cheeses from Switzerland and premium ice cream from Belgium and frozen desserts from Israel and Canada.
Their products are sold in over 30 US states in key locations as the New York-New Jersey-Connecticut area, Los Angeles, Chicago and Miami.
Thanks to their own large fleet of trucks, their vast distribution extends from local kosher grocery stores to a significant presence in major supermarket chains such as Shoprite, Pathmark, Wal-Mart, Albertsons and Publix.
In the letter, Mehadrin’s sales team wrote: “Due to the influence of many factors, including the continuing increase in prices of various raw materials along with rising transportation charges during this past year, we find it necessary to implement this price increase.”
Price changes will include the following products based on a list provided to COLlive.com: Cottage Cheese, sour cream, natural yogurts, Greek yogurts, coconut-based yogurts, kefir whole milk, Leben, farmer cheese, feta cheese, butter, margarine, Kendamil baby food, cheese snacks and puddings, blintzes and french fries.
VIDEO: Mehadrin ad for Tevya coconut products
If anyone else noticed, J&J repackaged their regular low-fat yogurts (after 11/24/21 sell by date) with less product . Look at the new label to see lower calories 180 calories vs 150 calories….but it’s due to less volume. It’s the same product! What used to be 198g is now 170g.
I wish they’d just be honest! By reducing volume, they effectively raised the price already last month!
Like Tropicana said when they were caught and called out for making their cartons and bottles smaller “We’re doing our customers a service by making our products easier to hold and pour from”!!
We live in CA and already pay several dollars more.
How much more can they charge. ?
An excuse to raise prices ?
I hope every person that voted for Biden is having major charatah.
It’s only going to get much worse especially if they close a second pipe line.
To all that voted democrat
They have there own trucks false statements cost is the same gas however is higher than the past few years but has been that way before. It’s a regular tactic to inflate