Loss Of Two Industry Leaders —
Bob DeBruyn And Frank McCarthy
One of the special joys of going to industry events each year is the opportunity to see old friends. In an industry that spans the globe and relies mostly on phone and e-mail to get business done, these annual meetings are often the only opportunity to see people one feel’s closer to than neighbors. As […]
Pundit’s Mailbag — Other Deli Suppliers Look Closely At Boar’s Head Debate
Our pieces, Dietz & Watson Takes On Boar’s Head: Is Exclusivity Anti-Consumer? Is It even Good For Retailers? and Pundit’s Mailbag — Deli Private labels Also Benefit From Boar’s Head Banner, brought a disapproving letter from another deli meat manufacturer: Your coverage of the Dietz & Watson vs. Boar’s Head battle may be of interest […]
International Federation for Produce Standards (IFPS) — Potential Voice Of Global Produce Industry
We received a notice about an international produce organization accepting a new member: The International Federation for Produce Standards (IFPS) IFPS is delighted to advise that Frug I Com, the national platform that has been working on standardizing data exchange in the Dutch fruit and vegetable supply chain since 2003, has become an IFPS member […]
Tesco Shifts US Strategy…
Starts Buying Real Estate
We’ve written quite a bit about Tesco and its journey to America as Fresh & Easy. We’ve been quiet lately because Fresh & Easy also has been quiet lately. The company has been doing some fill-in store openings in its initial marketing area and holding off on opening any stores in Northern California, where it […]
Wal-Mart’s Marketside Deli Concept
Wal-Mart’s test of a small format store, which we profiled both here and here, has been problematic. Marketside never opened its fifth store in Phoenix and its California stores haven’t opened either. There are many explanations, but one thing is for sure… the problem is not that the initial four stores are making too much […]
Giumarra’s New Grape ‘Rival’ To Thompson Seedless Arrives In UK
Andrew Sharp, Business Development Director for Mack Multiples (UK), in Great Britain sent along a release highlighting Mack Multiples engagement with Giumarra: GROWING OPPORTUNITIESOF GREAT SIGNIFICANCE FOR TABLE GRAPES An extensive programme that’s taken 15 years of careful grape variety selection and breeding by the Giumarra family in California has finally reached its commercial availability […]
Pundit’s Mailbag — Deli Private Labels
Also Benefit From Boar’s Head Banner
Our piece Dietz & Watson Takes On Boar’s Head: Is Exclusivity Anti-Consumer? Is It even Good For Retailers? brought many responses, mostly from retailers asking to whisper their own Boar’s Head stories in the ear of the Pundit. We also received a note from a woman occupying one of the most prestigious and consequential perches […]
Pundit’s Mailbag — Got Produce? Advantage Goes To Convenient Produce
Our extensive coverage of the proposal for a Generic Produce Promotion program often brings kind words: Good job on shining some light on a cloudy subject. — Chuck ZambitoOwnerZambito Produce SalesWest Deptford, New Jersey Sometimes, though, we receive questions that find an intersection between the proposed generic promotion program and marketing dilemmas of the contemporary […]
In Effort To Spur Business, Restaurants Look To Lure Families With Kids
The Wall Street Journal ran a rather odd article titled, Restaurants Look Beyond Chicken Fingers, which purports to explain how the restaurant industry is responding to the recession by attempting to induce parents to bring the kids along to the restaurant: Restaurants trying to get more families to dine out have a new recipe: Get […]
Advice To The Groom
When the world was created,G-d made everything a little bit incomplete.Rather than making bread grow out of the earth,G-d made wheat grow so that we mightbake it into bread.Rather than making the earth of bricks,G-d made it of clay so that we mightbake the clay into bricks.Why? So that we might become partnersin completing the […]
