Tesco And Others Were
Unable To See US Nuances
We have written much about Tesco’s Journey to America as Fresh & Easy, but our recent piece, Pundit’s Mailbag — Hope For Tesco Vendor Community ‘Is Gone,’ led a former Chairman of PMA and The Produce for Better Health Foundation and former Corporate Director of Produce at Supervalu to recollect a story from early in […]
SPECIAL ALERT:
Nolans Victorious In Lawsuit vs.
Ocean Spray: This One’s For You, Jim
We’ve provided extensive analysis of the lawsuit between Jim and Theresa Nolan, their company, The Nolan Network, and Ocean Spray. You can find a summary of our coverage here. If you haven’t had a chance you might want to read the original story published in Pundit sister publication, PRODUCE BUSINESS. It is a piece titled, […]
Pundit’s Mailbag — Wal-Mart’s Lack Of Passion For Perishables
We have written much about Wal-Mart, yet a tiny piece, titled Another Sea Change At Wal-Mart, highlighting the departure of Pam Kohn from the Senior VP Perishable slot — the old Bruce Peterson position — at Wal-Mart brought a surprising amount of mail. Many keyed in on this statement: …she never took much interest in […]
Pundit’s Mailbag — Hope For Tesco Vendor Community ‘Is Gone’
This letter, written before the Ballantine collapse, manages to speak about modern subjects such as Tesco and tree fruit while reminding us of a letter written long ago: Thank you for your many articles on Tesco and, especially, your piece Tesco’s US Losses ‘Unnerving’ . At the present, here in Fresno there are 2 stores […]
More ‘Summing Up’ Of Sprout Situation
Our continuing analysis of the alfalfa sprout recall brought this letter from a small grower: Bravo! You did a great job investigating the alfalfa seed issue. 1) You covered the FDA’s basic stance, which seems to be “we’ll sorta say something that if you get a psychic you might be able to figure out” sorta […]
Got Produce? What About FRESH Produce?
In our ongoing analysis of the proposal that the industry launch a generic promotion program we have made a few salient points: 1)In our piece Got Produce? Generic Marketing Program Dialog Begins, But Is It Right To Use PBH Donor Funds To Lobby For A Mandatory Assessment? — we pointed out the danger of using […]
More ‘Summing Up’ Of Sprout Situation
Our continuing analysis of the alfalfa sprout recall brought this letter from a small grower: Bravo! You did a great job investigating the alfalfa seed issue. 1) You covered the FDA’s basic stance, which seems to be “we’ll sorta say something that if you get a psychic you might be able to figure out” sorta […]
Pundit’s Mailbag — Hope For Tesco Vendor Community ‘Is Gone’
This letter, written before the Ballantine collapse, manages to speak about modern subjects such as Tesco and tree fruit while reminding us of a letter written long ago: Thank you for your many articles on Tesco and, especially, your piece Tesco’s US Losses ‘Unnerving’ . At the present, here in Fresno there are 2 stores […]
Pundit’s Mailbag — Wal-Mart’s Lack Of Passion For Perishables
We have written much about Wal-Mart, yet a tiny piece, titled Another Sea Change At Wal-Mart, highlighting the departure of Pam Kohn from the Senior VP Perishable slot — the old Bruce Peterson position — at Wal-Mart brought a surprising amount of mail. Many keyed in on this statement: …she never took much interest in […]
Got Produce? What About FRESH Produce?
In our ongoing analysis of the proposal that the industry launch a generic promotion program we have made a few salient points: 1)In our piece Got Produce? Generic Marketing Program Dialog Begins, But Is It Right To Use PBH Donor Funds To Lobby For A Mandatory Assessment? — we pointed out the danger of using […]
