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Partial list of Hand Matzah bakeries sold in the US

Satmar Broadway Zalonim
Pupa Tzeilim
Satmar Rutledge Aronim
Satmar Monroe
Bais Rochel
Satmar Monsey
Charedim
Shatzer
Kerister
Crown Heights
BP Matzo
Montreal
Komemiyut
Lakewood Matzah

Please add prices and were you found it
Also type of Matzah will help

Author Topic: How Much Did You Pay For A Pound Of Matzah  (Read 129712 times)

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Re: How Much Did You Pay For A Pound Of Matzah
« Reply #320 on: March 11, 2018, 01:42:25 PM »
An out of towner asked me to buy thin crispy matzos for him in Lakewood. Recommendations?

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Re: How Much Did You Pay For A Pound Of Matzah
« Reply #321 on: March 11, 2018, 01:48:10 PM »
Agree, although I had a better experience previously. I literally was telling the boss every couple of minutes about the workers just stopping and schmoozing, for way too long. Definitely got nothing close to my money's worth.
Did you ever try tipping the workers in advance?
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Re: How Much Did You Pay For A Pound Of Matzah
« Reply #322 on: March 11, 2018, 01:49:40 PM »
Did you ever try tipping the workers in advance?
That'll be a h*ll of a lot of money to give them all a satisfactory tip, and they know they are getting something at the end
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Re: How Much Did You Pay For A Pound Of Matzah
« Reply #323 on: March 11, 2018, 01:52:56 PM »
That'll be a h*ll of a lot of money to give them all a satisfactory tip, and they know they are getting something at the end
One of the cardinal rules of business is that you get what you pay for (if you're lucky, often you get less).
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Re: How Much Did You Pay For A Pound Of Matzah
« Reply #324 on: March 11, 2018, 01:53:51 PM »
One of the cardinal rules of business is that you get what you pay for (if you're lucky, often you get less).
$36 a pound
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Re: How Much Did You Pay For A Pound Of Matzah
« Reply #325 on: March 11, 2018, 03:17:15 PM »
Did you ever try tipping the workers in advance?
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Re: How Much Did You Pay For A Pound Of Matzah
« Reply #326 on: March 11, 2018, 03:47:10 PM »
BTDT
And do you feel it made a difference?
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Re: How Much Did You Pay For A Pound Of Matzah
« Reply #327 on: March 11, 2018, 03:49:52 PM »
And do you feel it made a difference?
A difference? yes. Enough of a difference? no. To give enough to make enough of a difference would be cost prohibitive. For purely practical reasons I do not get from that bakery anymore.
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Re: How Much Did You Pay For A Pound Of Matzah
« Reply #328 on: March 11, 2018, 04:23:14 PM »
A difference? yes. Enough of a difference? no. To give enough to make enough of a difference would be cost prohibitive. For purely practical reasons I do not get from that bakery anymore.
I used to get from a Chabura that used to bake in Crown Heights and tip very generously. Unfortunately, the owners of the Crown Heights Matza bakery didn't know how to handle this good customer right so he stopped baking in Crown Heights (I think he bakes now in Lakewood). Sadly, he's not the only one I know who stopped buying from them, just because they don't know how to treat their (well paying) customers.
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Re: How Much Did You Pay For A Pound Of Matzah
« Reply #329 on: March 11, 2018, 04:39:11 PM »
I don’t know the history, but I would guess that 18 minutes goes back to the time that everything was done in the same general work area so there was a very real possibility of the guys doing the aricha coming into contact with some dough from the lisha, hence the idea of pulling the plug every 18 minutes. Today, when there is an assembly line style process, that isn’t a concern, but the 18 minute standard was retained. You could probably go another 4 or 5 minutes without an issue by setting 18 minute timers for each stage of the assembly line. So 22 minutes, although not the usual standard, is probably not the end of the world. Whether the 18 minute shutdown is relevant or not, it’s certainly cant hurt to shorten the process in light of the Rosh, anyhow...

Actually after thinking about it I realized that the time from when the flour and water is poured until the first dough hits the table with the pole is pretty minimal- probably under a minute. So the only way to extend he time would be to do things in sequence- sending  the dough to the 5 or 6 work tables with the poles batch by batch in sequencial order. The last batch would go to the last tables, which wouldn’t have come into contact with the dough until a few batches after the clock started. That’s probably overly complicated, and it makes sense that they choose to just shut everything down after 18 minutes, as opposed to machine matzos where if the process from start to finish takes 4 or 5 minutes, they can extend the 18 minutes by that amount without any problem...

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Re: How Much Did You Pay For A Pound Of Matzah
« Reply #330 on: March 11, 2018, 04:49:19 PM »
I used to get from a Chabura that used to bake in Crown Heights and tip very generously. Unfortunately, the owners of the Crown Heights Matza bakery didn't know how to handle this good customer right so he stopped baking in Crown Heights (I think he bakes now in Lakewood). Sadly, he's not the only one I know who stopped buying from them, just because they don't know how to treat their (well paying) customers.
I think that is common among places which have a sort of monopoly over various groups.
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Re: How Much Did You Pay For A Pound Of Matzah
« Reply #331 on: March 11, 2018, 04:55:48 PM »
I think that is common among places which have a sort of monopoly over various groups.
It still amazes me how they don't learn. I can think of two individuals that used to spend many thousands every year, and left due to lack of service (one of them just because the bakery wouldn't handle shipping for him).
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Re: How Much Did You Pay For A Pound Of Matzah
« Reply #332 on: March 13, 2018, 12:57:33 PM »
Shatzer $28.50/lb OOT

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Re: How Much Did You Pay For A Pound Of Matzah
« Reply #333 on: March 20, 2018, 03:26:23 PM »
Where do people rank "lakewood matzah"?

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Re: How Much Did You Pay For A Pound Of Matzah
« Reply #334 on: March 21, 2018, 11:30:42 PM »
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Re: How Much Did You Pay For A Pound Of Matzah
« Reply #335 on: March 22, 2018, 12:39:35 AM »
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Am I the only one who read that as shlita matzos?
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Re: How Much Did You Pay For A Pound Of Matzah
« Reply #336 on: March 22, 2018, 03:11:00 AM »
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The prices seems good. I would've thought that they charge more OOT

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Re: How Much Did You Pay For A Pound Of Matzah
« Reply #337 on: March 23, 2018, 03:12:33 PM »
Anyone but any Schmerlings for Pesach? Checking out the date of mine....

Are these last year's by any chance?
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Re: How Much Did You Pay For A Pound Of Matzah
« Reply #338 on: March 26, 2018, 03:27:01 PM »
How much did you pay for your Matzha Cover?
I'm looking for decent low priced Matzah cover (fabric), has anyone bought on Amazon?

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Re: How Much Did You Pay For A Pound Of Matzah
« Reply #339 on: March 26, 2018, 03:40:35 PM »
Going to do some blind taste tests. I bought:

-Pupa Tzeilim Regular: $25.25
-Pupa Tzeilim Semi WW: $25.25
-Pupa Tzeilim WW: $27.50
-Shatzar Regular: $27.50
-Shatzar WW: $27.50
-Montreal Regular: $28.50
-Satmar Broadway Chabura: $36.50
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