Tesco Finally Opens Doors…
British Press And Protesters Unimpressed
The build up to the Tesco opening in America is now over. The Times of London’s Los Angeles correspondent hasn’t exactly been enthusiastic. In fact, he titled his column Tesco in the US? It’ll never work: …Now, to me, the idea of the British selling ready-meals to Californians makes as much sense as the Iranians […]
Foolish Organ Donation Policy
Under the Pundit’s picture on his driver’s license, you find the words “organ donor.” In the State of Florida they ask each applicant if he is willing to donate. Having it on the license is crucial because speed is of the essence in successful organ transplant. The subject comes to mind because Robert Goulet, the […]
Facts Obscured About Frozen Produce
On General Mills/Green Giant Web Site
We owe a hat tip to an industry expert who could easily write to us on many subjects. Today, however, he wrote us not about an urgent industry issue such as food safety or food security but about our piece, Will Fresh Industry Foot Bill If Frozen/Canned Uses More Matters Logo? In this piece, we […]
Scholarships Offered To Attend
PMA Leadership Symposium In 2008
Come January 2008 PMA, Cornell University and PRODUCE BUSINESS magazine will partner to present a very special event: This year’s PMA Leadership Symposium will offer you rare insight on how to harness the innovative strategist, marketer and business leader within you and your employees, not just to respond to today’s unprecedented changes in the marketplace, […]
President’s Import Safety Action Plan
Leaves Much To Be Desired
We found the “strategic framework” published by the President’s Interagency Working Group on Import Safety to be dubious. Now that the full Action Plan of Import Safety has been published, we remain — – at least at first read — underwhelmed. You can read the President’s comments here, review a fact sheet on the Import […]
Confirmation Of Tesco In SFO
We received many inquiries when we disclosed that Tesco has been signing leases outside of Nevada, Arizona and southern California, as we wrote: We know it has already signed several leases in the San Francisco Bay area and needs to build many more stores within range of its distribution center to efficiently utilize its enormous […]
Tesco Teases With Video Of New Store
Here is a little one-minute video that Tesco released to get some buzz going among consumers before the launch of its Fresh & Easy Neighborhood Market concept. Difficult to say much definitively from a little clip, but these things stand out: Products they choose to emphasize in the video, such as Gelato and Atlantic Salmon, […]
With Its Stance On Trans Fats,
Tesco May Be Hip But Not Healthy
One of Tesco’s oft-repeated claims is that its private label products will be made without trans fat. This sounds like a good thing. The very word ”fat” strikes most people as a bad thing, and there have been studies indicating that trans fat — which is just what you get when you add hydrogen to […]
Pundit’s Mailbag — Wal-Mart Lacks
Store Level Produce TLC
The quality and food safety standards of a producer are often dictated by its clients. So if you specialize in export to British supermarkets, with their rigorous standards, you usually know a thing or two about quality. So we were intrigued to receive this letter following up on our series on Wal-Mart and quality: I […]
Will Fresh Industry Foot Bill If Frozen/Canned Uses More Matters Logo?
Does the fresh produce industry need its own promotional agency? This is one of the questions that is raised as the Produce for Better Health Foundation came out with an announcement that both Safeway and Schnuck Markets are going to use the Fruits & Veggies — More Matters logo on their private label canned and […]
