Store was losing too much money on wasted food products, according to manager.
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Helen Sherman was on her weekly grocery trip to the Real Canadian Superstore on Dougall Avenue when she asked the employee behind the butcher counter for some fresh kosher meat.
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The worker told Sherman the store would no longer be ordering the fresh product and hoped to transition to selling frozen options, as the district manager determined the location was losing too much money on food waste.Â
When she returned home, Sherman called the assistant manager who told her the same thing. The store brought in fresh kosher meat in bulk and by the end of the week there would consistently be a lot of leftovers.
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“There’s a minimum order, we bring it in and it doesn’t get purchased,” said Matt McKeen, assistant store manager at the Dougall Superstore. “It’s a very large waste, and it’s not just a sales perspective, it’s an environmental perspective. A lot of it goes in the garbage.”
McKeen told the Star the store was having issues with their vendor and at the moment it looked like they weren’t going to continue serving fresh kosher meat. He is aware the store attracts many Jewish customers in the community and is looking to improve the consistency of the product.