Monticello, NY - 20% Increase in Kosher Food Sales in Catskills

Monticello, NY - Cholov Yisrael milk is available at the Stewart's shop in Fallsburg, NY and so are kosher foods in nearly a dozen gas station marts enroute to the Catskill Mountains.
New York State officials, according to Bernard Freilich, a liaison to the State Police, report of a sharp increase in the number of vehicles traveling to the mountains, as many as 400,000 Jews, many from such Chasidic communities as Monroe and Williamsburg.

Kosher distributors have also noticed the sharp rise in the demand for kosher foods. A large number of the summer dwellers have built magnificent summer homes to accommodate their growing families, largely responsible for the Catskills explosion.

One distributor said that sales will jump 20% this year, as a result of the rising demand. He said that while the hotel business is virtually non-existent with the notable exception of such hotels as the Homowack in Spring Glen, there was a significant business with the large number of camps in the resort area.