Industry Pro Gives Thoughts/Insights
On Safeway’s Small Format Stores
Our extensive study of Tesco’s journey to America has focused mostly on analysis of the concept behind, and the performance of, its Fresh & Easy division. Ultimately, however, the success of any business depends, at least in part, on the competitive environment in which it operates. Now we have run pieces such as this one […]
Future Labor Shortage
Poses Problems For Industry
Want to know the justifications for the PMA Education Foundation? Look to Iowa! When the foundation launched, Pundit sister publication, PRODUCE BUSINESS, ran a series of columns explaining the rationale of the foundation: May You Live In Interesting Times Workplace Disconnects Finding — And Keeping — Talent Early Exposure Breeds Success Supporting The Foundation This […]
Tursi Leaves Wal-Mart For Seald Sweet
Amidst our frequent discussion of change at Wal-Mart, we have chronicled the exodus of produce expertise and leadership from its executive ranks: DiPiazza Resignation Raises Questions About Wal-Mart Wal-Mart’s Bruce Peterson Resigns Wayne McKnight To Leave Wal-Mart Wal-Mart Loses Another Star: South Africa’s Danie Kieviet To Leave Now comes word that Steve Tursi, Merchandise Manager […]
The Keystone Center’s
Sustainability Initiative
Provides Insights For Produce
Sustainability and social responsibility have been an important focus for us, especially over the past several months. We ran a series of pieces built around an effort to create an industry standard on sustainability utilizing the American National Standard Institute, or ANSI, process: Sustainability Standard Being Steamrolled — Does A Sustainable Vision Encompass Only Organics? […]
Calling All Buyers…
Leafy Greens Group Reaches Out
The trade’s proximate response to the spinach crisis of 2006 was the establishment of the California Leafy Greens Marketing Agreement. The Agreement has made much progress but it cannot be a static entity; it has to reach out and identify ways to improve the program. In order to move along this road, the CLGMA surveyed […]
Produce In Australia
Comes Full Circle
Way back in 1992, the Pundit received a call. Would he be willing to come to Australia and give the Keynote Address at the Australian United Fresh Conference in Newcastle? As the trip developed, it wound up including many other speeches, tours of early fresh-cut facilities and wholesale markets. For the most part, as Woolworths, […]
Fresh & Easy Loses
Price/Assortment War
To Wal-Mart In Los Angeles
Here in the United States, the analysis of Tesco’s Fresh & Easy division has focused a great deal on operations — where are the stores located, why are out-of-stocks so high, how are consumers reacting to self-checkout and the Fresh & Easy brand, etc. In the United Kingdom, on the other hand, much of the […]
Honduran Cantaloupe ‘Alert’ Still
In Effect Long After Season Is Over… FDA Must Act NOW To Save Next Season
Since the FDA imposed an “Import Alert” on Honduran cantaloupe melons from Agropecuaria Montelibano, we have paid careful attention to the matter. That Import Alert was imposed on March 21, 2008, which means more than two months have past. In fact, the season is now over, the fields are empty, and the equipment is scrubbed. […]
Industry Lessons
From A Clothing Store
We’ve written about the Steve and Barry’s clothing store before in a piece entitled, Being Consumer-Focused. Steven Shore was the first sales manager for the Perishable Pundit’s sister publication, PRODUCE BUSINESS, when Steve was just out of college. Barry Prevor is the Pundit brother. He worked in the family’s long established produce business headquartered on […]
Pundit’s Mailbag — Sustainability Needs To Be Embraced By Industry
We’ve been focusing extensively on Sustainability and Social Responsibility, and a recent in-depth interview brought this thoughtful response: The Perishable Pundit article/Q&A about sustainability with Jeff Dlott, entitled Sustainability Expert Provides Insights To A Similar Industry, was very interesting. This is an issue that creates a lot of controversy at the moment. But this is […]
