CLOSED MARKET LEAVES GROUPS HOLDING BAG; GROCERY SCRIP UNREDEEMABLE.Byline: Enrique Rivero Daily News Staff Writer Customers and suppliers of Danish American Farms in North Hills say they're stuck with thousands of dollars of useless scrip and unpaid bills as a result of the landmark grocery store's closure on Monday. Holders of the scrip - coupons that are like gift certificates and can be used as cash at the store - said Tuesday that they were stunned stun tr.v. stunned, stun·ning, stuns 1. To daze or render senseless, by or as if by a blow. 2. To overwhelm or daze with a loud noise. 3. to read about the store's closure in Tuesday's Daily News and have no way to redeem the coupons. Among those with worthless scrip are nonprofit organizations Nonprofit Organization An association that is given tax-free status. Donations to a non-profit organization are often tax deductible as well. Notes: Examples of non-profit organizations are charities, hospitals and schools. like the Sisterhood sisterhood: see monasticism. of Temple Ner Maarav of Encino, which has been purchasing the coupons from Danish American for several years at a 5 percent discount. The group then sells them at full price and uses the proceeds for programs at the synagogue synagogue (sĭn`əgŏg) [Gr.,=assembly], in Judaism, a place of assembly for worship, education, and communal affairs. The origins of the institution are unclear. One tradition dates it to the Babylonian exile of the 6th cent. B.C. . ``I'm going to be stuck with over $500 (in scrip) and they (Danish American Farms officials) don't want to do anything about it,'' said Mary Jacobs, chairwoman of the temple's scrip program. Wilbur Clunen, plant manager of Sun Valley Food Corp. in Sun Valley, said Danish American Farms closed owing the company thousands of dollars for poultry products. The small independent company began legal proceedings All actions that are authorized or sanctioned by law and instituted in a court or a tribunal for the acquisition of rights or the enforcement of remedies. against Danish American about three weeks ago when it couldn't collect on the bill, Clunen said. He fears his company will have to absorb most, if not all, the loss if Danish American files for bankruptcy. ``It's kind of like a trial - the victims have no rights and the criminals have all the rights,'' Clunen said. ``We can't chase them.'' On Monday morning, employees reporting to work were greeted by locked doors and a sign saying the landmark grocery store had gone out of business. A Danish American Farms grocery store in Simi Valley Simi Valley (sē`mē, sĭm`ē), city (1990 pop. 100,217), Ventura co., SW Calif. in an oil, fruit, and farm region; laid out 1887, inc. 1969. , which officials have said is under different ownership, remains open. Mike Simon Mike Simon (born April 13, 1883 in Hayden, Indiana; died June 10, 1963 in Los Angeles, California) was a catcher in Major League Baseball between 1909 and 1915. Teams
Trudy Feldman said she had been purchasing the coupons from Danish American for about 10 years for Temple Ramat Zion in Northridge. She said Tuesday that she's left with about $1,740 in scrip and expects to get more coupons back from individuals who had purchased them from her. Profits from sale of the scrip went to educational and other programs at the synagogue, she said. ``This is just so rotten rot·ten adj. rot·ten·er, rot·ten·est 1. Being in a state of putrefaction or decay; decomposed. 2. Having a foul odor resulting from or suggestive of decay; putrid. 3. for a charity trying to raise money and we're stuck with all this,'' Feldman said. CAPTION(S): Photo PHOTO (color) Butcher Jesse Gonzalez parts with fellow employees at Danish American Farms in North Hills after getting his check. Bob Halvorsen/Daily News |
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