kosher bakery surveillance
October 19th, 2009 by Ari
I spotted this sign last week at the Acme on Montgomery avenue in Lower Merion. There’s a kosher bakery in the store, which is under the supervision of the OU and the Philadelphia vaad. I’m curious if the surveillance is there for halakhic reasons (and if so, does this substitute for a mashgiach?) or is it there for security reasons? If it is the later, then it’s interesting to note that grocery stores are actually almost entirely under surveillance for market research reasons. (For example, they know which way people will turn their heads when trying to do comparison shopping – very useful for shelf placement folks). If the former reason, then is it monitored on shabbat?