When the Manischewitz plant on Bay Street in Jersey City did its once-a-year run of Jewish Passover matzos (an unleavened cracker-like food item) on Dec. 20, it was near the end of its operations after almost 80 years at its present location.
Even though Passover is celebrated in the spring, the plant had to churn out its special matzos early. Manischewitz, the granddaddy of Jewish kosher food products since 1888, will be moving its operations in April to recently a renovated food plant in Newark.
The R.A.B. Group, the current owner of Manischewitz, sold the property in March to the development firm Toll Brothers for more than $35 million.
Toll Brothers have plans to build a high-rise luxury tower on top of almost 60,000 square feet of retail and entertainment space.
At least 100 jobs are expected to be lost from the Manischewitz relocation.
Ricardo Kaulessar can be reached at rkaulessar@hudsonreporter.com