New Sunkist Jarred Fruit Line May Lift Sales Of All Produce Items
Sunkist has a new product line, and it may be a big win for the whole produce industry: SUNKIST INTRODUCESNEW REFRIGERATED JARRED FRUIT LINE Category Growth Expected From Second Entry Sunkist Growers and Old World Enterprise Group, LLC are launching a new line of chilled jarred fruit in August. Sunkist Premium Sweet debuts in eight […]
What Is ‘Life Cycle Analysis’?
“Life Cycle Analysis” is all the rage, with British retailers starting to look for this type of analysis to assess the environmental impact of various products. The particular study we reference below is of canned green beans and seems to particularly focus on an attempt to persuade consumers that canned foods are more environmentally friendly […]
Whole Foods & Wild Oats Finally Tie The Knot
Well, it is all done but the shouting: Whole Foods Finally Swallows Wild Oats After months of delays amid an antitrust battle, Whole Foods (WFMI — Cramer’s Take — Stockpickr) closed its purchase of rival grocer Wild Oats (OATS — Cramer’s Take — Stockpickr). Whole Foods said Tuesday that it has purchased 84.1% of Wild […]
Pundit’s Mailbag — Obregons Celebrate New Life
Our piece, Hass Avocado Board Promotes Jose Luis Obregon To Managing Director, brought a quick response from Jose Luis who was, understandably busy at the moment: Thank you for the very nice coverage regarding my promotion. Your ability to sum up the Mexican revolution in two paragraphs was unbelievable. Your comments regarding the organization and […]
CPMA’s Dempster Defends Produce Industry’s Food Safety Record In Canada
The Ottawa Citizen ran a series devoted to food safety. Canada’s Risky Business made you think they need to quarantine the whole country: Up to 13 million Canadians, more than 40 per cent of the population, will suffer from food-borne illnesses this year, an epidemic that medical experts say costs up to $1.3 billion annually […]
Donations To Relieve Peru Are Cause Of Discussion
Our article, Earthquake In Peru Prompts Appeal For Help To Farm Workers There, led to a piece entitled, Pundit’s Mailbag — Tents Needed In Peru. Simultaneously we ran a piece entitled Sun-World Launches Peru Earthquake Relief Program. All of which has brought about a flurry of activity. We are still hopeful that Wal-Mart, Target, Fred […]
Political Incompetence May Ruin Plans For New Philly Market
If you wake up one day to news that the Philadelphia Regional Produce Market is in New Jersey or that the biggest players gave up on the market all together and built their own facilities in New Jersey, you can blame Philadelphia and Pennsylvania politicians. They have pulled the rug out from under the Philly […]
Pundit’s Mailbag — Tents Needed In Peru
Our piece, Earthquake In Peru Prompts Appeal For Help To Farm Workers There, featured an appeal by Bruce McEvoy of Seald Sweet LLC for the industry to act to help the farm workers and their families who have been displaced by the earthquake. The article has brought some additional information from Lima: I live in […]
Point/Counterpoint: Raw Foods Advocates Get Steamed About Pasteurized Almonds
Our piece, pundit Pulse Of the Industry: California Almond Board, was run as part of our series on how food safety is playing out beyond leafy greens. It is an interesting case study in how an industry can use a marketing order to impose mandatory food safety requirements — in this case the imposition of […]
Hass Avocado Board Promotes Jose Luis Obregon To Managing Director
JOSE LUIS OBREGON NAMED MANAGING DIRECTOR OF THE HASS AVOCADO BOARD The Board of Directors of the Hass Avocado Board (HAB) approved the promotion of Jose Luis Obregon to the newly created role of managing director at its board meeting on August 15. Obregon most recently served as the first managing director of information technology […]
