Pundit’s Mailbag — Letter From Sweden About Nobel Prize ‘Sarcasm’
Being that the Nobel Prize is awarded by the Nobel Foundation in Sweden each year, it seems somehow fitting that our piece, Decline Of Nobel Culture: From Theodore Roosevelt To Al Gore..To Tesco & Non-existent Drowning Polar Bears, should draw objection from a Pundit reader in Stockholm: I have just been through part of your […]
Pundit Analysis Buttressed: Tesco’s Fresh & Easy Sales Only 25% Of Plan, Says Willard Bishop Report
Just the other day, we issued our Tesco Intelligence Report: Slow Start and pointed out that Tesco’s Fresh & Easy concept is not succeeding with consumers: Here at the Pundit, though, we have our own unique intelligence network, and what happens is that virtually every day we receive calls and e-mails from around the industry […]
Missed Opportunity For Fresh Produce: NFL’s Tony Gonzalez Eats Frozen Instead
When our copy of The Wall Street Journal arrived with a prominent headline on the front page of the “Weekend Journal” section entitled The 247-lb.Vegan* and illustrated by a handsome photo of Kansas City Chiefs tight end Tony Gonzalez, we thought we had found a story that would surely be an enthusiastic endorsement of the […]
Tim York Will Chair
Center For Produce Safety
We mentioned the launch of the Center for Produce Safety here and the appointment of an interim Executive Director here; now we are pleased to mention the appointment of Tim York, President of Markon Cooperative, as Chairman of the Board of Advisors of the Center for Produce Safety: The Center for Produce Safety at UC […]
Wal-Mart Sheds Another Tradition: Saturday Morning Meetings Cancelled
It is said you can’t go home again, often because the home you knew doesn’t really exist anymore. In much the same spirit, the Pundit is glad he had the opportunity to attend Wal-Mart’s famed Saturday Morning Meeting, as we wrote about here. Wal-Mart is canceling the meetings, which were originated by Sam Walton himself. […]
Tesco Intelligence Report: Slow Start
The prospect of a major new buyer, especially one operating a major new format, has interested the trade and, as a result, we have run many pieces on Tesco’s efforts to establish a beachhead in America. Tesco announced its holiday sales in the U.K. recently. For the most part, the take was negative as Tesco […]
Produce Leadership
For All Ages
We just returned from PMA’s Leadership Symposium in Dallas, Texas, which is produced in partnership with Cornell University and Pundit sister publication, PRODUCE BUSINESS. It is a fabulous event, unique in the industry in that it encourages out-of-the-box thinking by bringing in speakers who have no particular expertise in produce or perishables and thus can […]
Dole Builds Sales And Marketing Team
We have been chronicling the evolution of Dole’s marketing department ever since we announced the retirement of Rick Utchell here, the appointment of Rhonda Reed and David Bright here and the expansion of the team to include Yvonne Rentmeester, Odalis Hawit-Rivera and Keith Kelly right here. Now Dole announces an additional expansion of the team: […]
Vangelos To
Head Up Sun World
Sun World has had its ups and downs over the past few years but now it has called on one of the industry’s most venerated executives to serve: SUN WORLD INTERNATIONAL, LLC APPOINTS ALLEN VANGELOS INTERIM PRESIDENT AND CEO Bakersfield, California, USA — Sun World International, LLC (“Sun World” or the “Company”) announced that its […]
Pundit’s Mailbag —
Seeing Through ‘Price Pretence’ Of Wine Taste Study
Our piece, Altered States: How Price/Branding Affect Pleasure Centers, commented on a study finding that people experience physical reactions as a result of their expectations about the experience of drinking wine. Specifically, the study found that subjects drinking a $90 a bottle of wine perceived the wine as more pleasant than drinking the same wine […]
