Unique US/Israel
Conference Set For June 17
There is a group of US-Israeli international foundations, colloquially referred to as the “three sisters,” holding an important seminar in Washington, DC on June 17, 2008. The “sisters” consist of the following organizations: United States — Israel Binational Agricultural Research and Development Fund (BARD) BARD is a competitive funding program for mutually beneficial, mission-oriented, strategic […]
Another Company Says
No To Wal-Mart’s ASDA
We’ve focused a fair amount of attention on issues related to suppliers assessing their businesses and electing to “fire customers.” We launched this series with a piece entitled, Just Say No: The New Dynamic Of Producer/Buyer Relations, which quoted the Fresh Produce Journal in London announcing that Del Monte had walked away from ASDA’s banana […]
Subterfuge To Fight Obesity
Wrong In Many Ways
We started our discussion of the concept of using deception to get children to eat vegetables with a piece entitled, Books About Getting Kids To Eat Veggies Sell Like Hotcakes While Authors Quarrel, which discussed the dispute between Jerry Seinfeld’s wife, Jessica Seinfeld, who is the author of “Deceptively Delicious,” and Missy Chase Levine, who […]
Tale of Two Tescos
While in Palm Springs for an industry meeting, we had the opportunity to visit the two Fresh & Easy stores in that area. In the differences between those two stores, we may find the core of Tesco’s struggle to make the concept work. The store in Indio is a brand new building, in a brand […]
Sustainability Expert Provides
Insights To A Similar Industry
Here at the Pundit, our work on sustainability has been extensive. We have published many pieces, including an important letter from Tim York of Markon Cooperative under the title of, A Call For An Industrywide Sustainability and Social Responsibility Initiative. We also ran a series of pieces addressing a proposed sustainability standard for the industry; […]
Pundit’s Mailbag — Cantaloupe Leaders
Provide Roadmap To Safer Future
We’ve analyzed the Honduran cantaloupe story regarding Agropecuaria Montelibano and the “import alert” the FDA imposed against its cantaloupes from the very beginning. Initially we focused on the role of the FDA in the situation, kicking off our coverage with a piece entitled FDA Fumbles Again On Cantaloupe ‘Alert’. More than 20 stories later, we […]
United’s Foodservice Focus
Opens Door To New Approach
Now that United has settled down for an extended stay in Las Vegas, the association is emphasizing the enormous local foodservice buying base. In fact, its interest in including more prepared foods and similar products in the show next year is to a large extent built on the fact that the buyer for most foodservice […]
Why So Much Content
On Tesco/Fresh & Easy?
Here at the Pundit, we often publish letters from readers around the world. Typically these letters deal with issues important to the industry. We actually receive many more letters commenting on our coverage. We consider ourselves blessed in that most of these letters are very kind. We don’t run many of them, partly because they […]
President Criticizes Farm Bill
During a Presidential Press Conference, President Bush spoke out on a range of issues. He faulted Congress for not allowing for more domestic oil drilling, particularly in Alaska, saying this was contributing to higher oil prices. Although he didn’t threaten a veto, he didn’t like the Farm Bill much either: Americans are concerned about rising […]
United’s New Board Structure:
Is It A Brave New World
Or Déjà vu All Over Again?
United Fresh is building steam as it prepares to open its convention in Las Vegas. Simultaneously it announced a new volunteer leadership structure and new board leadership. The new structure is a substantial change: UNITED FRESH PRODUCE ASSOCIATIONANNOUNCES NEW VOLUNTEER LEADERSHIP STRUCTURE The Board of Directors of the United Fresh Produce Association has voted to […]
