Robert Klute wrote:
> On Fri, 21 Mar 2008 10:13:03 +1100, "Rod Speed"
> > wrote:
>
>> Robert Klute > wrote
>>> Sqwertz > wrote
>>>> SMS <SMS >> wrote
>>>>> Sqwertz wrote
>>>>>> SMS <SMS >> wrote
>>>> Happy now? This is getting boring. You will never convince me that
>>>> you and any other person who follows religious dietary restrictions
>>>> are of sane mind and body. And nothing short of a scientifically
>>>> conducted poll would convince us that kosher products do/don't
>>>> sell better among non-koshers because they're kosher.
>>> To an extent you are right - in this newsgroup we are just speculating as
>>> to why. We don't know for sure if it is people who keep kosher, believe
>>> kosher is purer or tastes better, have food allergies, keep halal, etc.
>> Or even whether they even consider whether its got a kosher label on it or not.
>>
>>> But, it doesn't matter.
>> Corse it matters, particularly if they dont even check whether its got a kosher label or not.
>
> What doesn't matter is if they do check, why the check. If they don't it
> they don't contribute to the increased sales and thus not part of the
> population the manufacturer is targeting.

At the Trader Joe's near me, they have signs on the shelves indicating
that a product is kosher, so you can't miss the designation. There's no
real way of knowing how many people decide to purchase a product that
they would otherwise not purchase because it's kosher.

It's clear that most of those that look for the kosher designation do it
for reasons that are not religious, whether those reasons are good or
not. I do the same with organic. I don't really care if a product is
organic, but the organic designation at least means that the product has
no HFCS, which is an ingredient I avoid, but that is present in a huge
number of foods and beverages. I won't buy Heinz Ketchup due to the HFCS
(though now they've come out with an organic version with no HFCS), but
the organic ketchup is no more expensive, and doesn't have HFCS.