Clearly, the entrepreneurs are on to something. Recently, Kosher Grocer sent enough food for a week to a family of five traveling to DisneyWorld in Orlando, Fla., from England. The order included kosher TV dinners, frozen turkey, roasted chicken, Sabbath wine, and candles. She'd be happy with 8,000 of those. But, so far, most are still struggling to figure out how to capture the potential.
Consumers are still suspicious about buying fresh food sight unseen.
It has 15 employees and a warehouse in Lakewood, N.J., where most of its products are stored. We carry far more products and a bigger selection, and we were in the game before them. Alexander counters that Kosher Grocer is more of a gourmet service, a point Schleider acknowledges. Alexander and Diamond's business doesn't have much of an earthly presence, and they don't have much reason to expand it. N.J. A busy day for them is still only 10 orders, though they do sell to 22 retirement homes in the Midwest and to Jewish centers on a number of college campuses.