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| Tuesday, September 4, 2007 |
The AJL Mini Hot List: Hot Nosh 24/6 (Hot vending machine)
This is part of our Mini Hot List in the Sep/Oct 2007 issue.
 Kosher and on the road? No need to go hungry or buy a jar of peanut butter and a loaf of bread from a roadside convenience store. Now kosher travelers will be able to find snacks that answer to a higher authority. Kosher Vending Industries (koshervendingindustries.com), the makers of Hot Nosh 24/6, was founded eight years ago and began distributing Glatt kosher food to various locations. Now with an infusion of cash from their new donor, a former hip-hop executive, the company is readying for nationwide expansion that would enable even more kosher travelers to dine on the go.
The company is run by Alan Cohnen, 30, of Teaneck, and Doron Fetman, 31, of Monsey, and based in Rockland County, NY. Ruby Azrak -- former Phat Farm executive who himself eats only kosher food and partner to hip hop mogul Russell Simmons -- has invested "millions" toward the nationwide expansion, bringing the vending machines to many of KVI's current customers, including universities, corporations, hotels, and hospitals.
If you find the dairy machine, pop in some cash or a credit card and enjoy Sicilian pizza, mozzarella sticks, potato knishes, onion rings, and vegetarian cutlets. The meat machine provides fresh kosher hot dogs in a bun, grilled in a faster-than-the-speed-of-charcoal 45-second process.
Snacks are all certified kosher by the strictest of standards. Current KVI customers already include Rutgers University, Drew University, The College of NJ, Somerset Hospital, Robert Wood Johnson Hospital, as well as the corporate headquarters of IDT, Double Tree Hilton, Marriott, Merrill Lynch, Aramark dining services, Verizon, and Metlife. Now Jewish mothers can finally rest, knowing their boychiks and maidelehs won't go hungry.
-- Text by Esther Kustanowitz
This is part of our Mini Hot List in the Sep/Oct 2007 issue.
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