Pundit’s Mailbag — Food Safety Regulations In Mexico
During the Salmonella Saintpaul situation, we spoke with many growers in Mexico. Shortly after that outbreak, Fresh Express held its Food Safety Conference and we wrote a piece on a presentation there. We entitled the piece, Filth Flies And Cultural Research, and we included these paragraphs: It is easy for us to write a speech […]
Perishable Thoughts —
Stock-Market Fundamentals
With the fluctuations in the stock market, one could do much worse than to pull out what every investor should have: A dog-eared copy of Security Analysis Sixth Edition, Foreword by Warren Buffett (Security Analysis Prior Editions). Here is what Warren Buffet had to say about the book: It is rare that the founder of […]
Why Do Ready-Meal Programs Fail?
Our piece — Questions For Fresh & Easy And Marketside: Are Americans Really Ready For “Ready Meals”? — brought a contribution from one of America’s most respected authorities on retailing fresh foods: Good stuff, as always, about ready-to-eat meals. I might offer this: The discussion of ready-to-eat meals, in a retail environment, is not particularly […]
Making It Easier To Order
California Leafy Greens
The California Leafy Green Product Handler Marketing Agreement has added some PR teeth to its procedures. Since its start as an industry response to the 2006 Spinach Crisis, the Marketing Agreement has maintained a website page where one could check the current status of handlers to see if they were certified members, members pending certification […]
Irradiation Kickstart
We have conducted extensive discussion of irradiation, including a piece entitled, FDA’s Irradiation Ruling Puts FDA On The Spot, which was prompted by the FDA’s decision to approve irradiation for spinach and iceberg lettuce. Our recent piece, Disputed Link To Aunt Mid’s Cut Lettuce Reveals Need For Industry Firms To Have Easy Access To Top […]
Employee Free Choice Act,
If Approved, Will Affect Us All
If you were watching the last Presidential debate, you might have noticed this video we feature below from former Senator and Democratic Presidential Candidate George McGovern: This speech echoed a column that Senator McGovern wrote in The Wall Street Journal two months ago: As a congressman, senator and one-time Democratic nominee for the presidency, I’ve […]
Laws Encourage Imprudent
Behavior On Wall Street
The New York Times ran a piece entitled, The Road to Lehman’s Failure Was Littered With Lost Chances. As we read it, we realized that our current laws may be combining with compensation practices to put the interests of executives and board members out of alignment with the public interest. Why do we say this? […]
Question For Fresh & Easy
And Marketside: Are Americans
Really Ready For “Ready Meals”?
We have covered the launch of Tesco’s Fresh & Easy extensively, and since Wal-Mart launched its small store concept, Marketside, we have written pieces, both here and here, comparing and contrasting the concepts. Although the formats have much to differentiate themselves from one another, they share one important element besides being a significantly smaller footprint […]
Perishable Thoughts —
Something For Nothing
With all the focus on bailouts by the federal government and, in fact, governments around the world, one question worth asking is when the government gives money to “bail out” an institution, where does that money come from? A wry thought on this subject is provided by Rick Eastes, Director of Special Projects for Ballantine […]
More Thoughts About
Wal-Mart’s Marketside
After visiting Phoenix to see the launch of Wal-Mart’s Marketside concept, we wrote a Special Report which we entitled, A Triumph inPhoenix — Wal-Mart’s Marketside Hits The Trifecta… One Open Question:Do Suburban Consumers Want Small Grocery Stores? Now that we had a chance to sleep on it, a few additional thoughts come to mind: The […]
