Ogdensburg, NY – The City Council finalized an agreement to sell the defunct cheese plant on Main Street.
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The City Council unanimously agreed to the terms reached last month between City Manager Arthur J. Sciorra and Toobro LLC, Hewlett Neck, owned by Menachem and Schneur Bistritzky, to sell the property and city-owned equipment for $900,000.
The lease includes a $125,000 down payment, which will be paid over the next five months as Toobro seeks a license from the state Department of Agriculture and Markets to purchase milk, and an additional $12,000 monthly rent for up to 13 months as the company closes the sale, Mr. Sciorra said.
“We look forward to a successful relationship with the city,” Schneur Bistritzky said. “We really appreciate the work the city people have done to reach this agreement.”
The city foreclosed on the 30 Main St. facility in July because of $90,000 owed in rent and $618,138 in utility payments due from Ahava Food Corp., then owner of the plant.
The plant has been closed since Feb. 20, when the Department of Agriculture and Markets suspended the plant’s operating license after inspectors found high levels of bacteria and coliform in the products.
Toobro purchased the assets of Ahava Food Corp., including a similar cheese-making plant in Lowville, in February. Since then, the company spent more than $100,000 upgrading the roof, steam pipes and floor drains at the Ogdensburg plant.
Since the deal was reached last month, more than 50 workers have been brought back to the plant, which produces “cholov yisroel” grade kosher cheese and milk, city officials said.
According to city officials, the property is appraised at $1.2 million.
Will the new plant produce kosher products for frumme yidden..will it have a good and reputable chasideshe hashgacha
Menachem and Schneur Bistritzky Mazal Tov much Hatzlacha in all your ventures.
A few questions regarding the trustworthyness of the Hechsherim:
Will it have a National Hashgacha, or a sectarian supervisor??
I understand that some local sectarian organizations will accept only National groups?
How much more do the national organizations take?
Does the Ahava label and company still exist?
The Bistritsky family has a decades long history in cholov yisroel products. They will surely prove to be an asset to the frum communities around the USA with quality kosher products. And I don’t actually see how the term reputable and chasidishe hashgocho fit that well anyway. We’ve seen too many hashgocho problems whether it be chasidish, litvish, yeshivish, yekish or 5 towns et al. It all boils down to the owner’s integrity. If the oiwner is truly interested in perfect hashgocho, he will make sure that it happens.
It seems that many products have three or four hashgachas these days. I wouldn’t be surprised if the products coming from this plant follow suit. But since most products contain ingredients from a variety of producers with a variety of hashgachas, that product with the hashgacha you trust from Rabbi X may contain an ingredient with a hashgacha that you don’t trust but Rabbi X does trust.
can we pleese have a little achdus so we can greet mashiach soon wether u r yeshivish chasidish litvish (like me) frum modern lebavich or any other pleeeese we need achdus and I see none of that its just terrible