Robert Van Naarden comment (Clairification)
In an article in our May 7 issue, we published a comment by the CEO of Empire Kosher, Robert Van Naarden, in which he expressed his belief that his product was better than any other. We did not understand his words to be intended to imply any comment on the quality of any competitor’s product. If any reader understood the passage as casting aspersions on another product, we regret the misunderstanding.
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