New York Metro’s Economy Is 12th Largest In The World
When we made an announcement about a new industry event in a piece we titled, New Event Planned for 2010: Eastern Produce Council and PRODUCE BUSINESS Announce The New York Produce Show And Conference, we were not prepared for the avalanche of support. In the month since the announcement, despite Christmas and New Year’s Day […]
Pundit’s Mailbag — Produce Industry Not Immune To Credit Card Fraud
We have received this note regarding our piece, Cash Or Credit? Which Is More Expensive?: Your position that the poor should join the modern financial world might be workable down the road but for now the system takes extra fees out of merchants for corporate cards etc., so the people with the largest budgets are […]
Gary Fleming Speaks Out:Produce Traceability Series Part 1: ‘Absent Of PTI’
We have, of course, focused extensively on traceability issues, and an important part of that coverage came from Gary Fleming when he was working as Vice President of Industry Technology and Standards at the Produce Marketing Association. Here are some of the pieces Gary has contributed in the past: Guest Pundit — Traceability And The […]
Industry Giant Bob Strube Sr.,
Passes Away
The published notice was simple: ROBERT WILLIAM STRUBE Sr. Robert William Frederick Strube, Sr., age 91, beloved husband of 69 years to Helen M. Strube; loving father of Robert (Susan) Strube, Jr. and Janet (Timothy) Fleming; dear grandfather of Robert Strube III, Kirsten Lodarek, Timothy Fleming, Jr., Christian Fleming, Jon Strube and Suzanne Trott; great-grandfather […]
Pundit’s Mailbag — Nolan Network And Ocean Spray Status
Our coverage of the controversy between Jim and Theresa Nolan, The Nolan Network and Ocean Spray has been extensive. However, many both in and out of the produce trade want to keep up to date: I’ve enjoyed reading your work, and I wanted to impose on you for a bit of information. I was an […]
Pundit’s Mailbag — Fresh & Easy’s
Early Figures Found
The great thing about punditry is that if you do it right, you don’t have to do it alone. In fact, here at the Perishable Pundit we are fortunate to have input from knowledgeable and intelligent people from around the world. You can get a hint of these interactions by looking at our round ups […]
Haiti Earthquake Relief Underway
But Much More Needed
There was a time when the Pundit Poppa was the largest importer of Haitian mangos in the United States, so it is with a special connection that we read the horrible news of the aftermath of the earthquake in Haiti. You can watch what difference an earthquake can make right here. A continuing series on […]
Pundit’s Mailbag — New York Produce Show And Conference ‘Endorsement’
Back in our salad days, when we were green in judgment, the very first retailer to ask this incipient Pundit to keynote a retail event was Dick Spezzano, who asked us to fly to Los Angeles and speak at Von’s annual produce event, which we happily did. Now, a quarter century later, Dick sends a […]
Cash Or Credit? Which Is More Expensive?
A piece in The New York Times titled, The Damage of Card Awards, posits that the “Fees that merchants build to cover rewards programs lead to higher prices, which are passed on to poorer customers.” The writer, Ron Lieber, even seems to feel guilty about using his credit card: For several years, I’ve wondered whether […]
Boar’s Head Battle With Dietz & Watson Covered On Public Radio
A little while back, we wrote about a controversy stirring in the deli industry with a piece we titled, Dietz & Watson Takes On Boar’s Head: Is Exclusivity Anti-Consumer? Is It Even Good For Retailers. After Harris-Teeter bumped Dietz & Watson to carry the Boar’s Head line, the Philadelphia-based Dietz & Watson began a campaign […]
