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Old May 8, 2011, 5:29 am
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Originally Posted by joshwex90
What I find interesting is ex-EWR, the regular meal is just as good as CO's. CO uses Regal, which is a division of Borenstein, an LY-owned, airline catering company. The Regal meal is Glatt, and listed as "Mehadrin." LY, however, gets their Mehadrin meal from somewhere else. Why not just use the Regal meal for all ex-NYC flights, and not bother with "regular" and "mehadrin?"
When you say "Regal meal" under which rabinical supervision is the meal, as the basic Bornstein meal has only an OU supervision, which isn't eaten by most haredim.
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