United’s Public Policy Event Is Important; Future Years’ Scheduling To Be Improved
One of the more interesting subjects that has arisen as communications technology has evolved is the issue of how policy gets discussed and who sets the agenda. On broad public issues we have seen this most recently with the immigration bill. It was obvious from the beginning that it was the plethora of new media, […]
Restaurant Technology Allows Patrons To Pay At The Table
The Associated Press produced an article that focused on “pay at the table” — an innovation that has achieved some traction in Europe but is virtually unknown in the United States: It’s become routine for customers to swipe their credit or debit cards at consoles in fast-food joints, gas stations and grocery stores. So why […]
‘Nutrition-Education Doesn’t Work’ Says Associated Press Review Of Literature
When governments start spending money, the problem that often happens is they develop a kind of industry that is dependent on the same funds. The industry consists of government bureaucrats who give out the funds and private contractors who receive them, and they develop evaluation methods that are self-serving. These self-serving evaluation methods provide a […]
Pundit’s Mailbag — How Would Founding Fathers Feel About Today’s America?
Our piece, Declaration of Independence, brought forth this letter by someone who thinks the founding fathers would be disappointed in the way it has all turned out: I frequently read your articles, and get insight into the produce industry as a whole. Although I sell melons, I want to keep a pulse on the entire […]
Lots To Learn From Foodservice
The produce industry’s premier foodservice event is coming up fast. Perhaps if you are a retailer or vendor who sells to retailers, you don’t think it is relevant to you. Think again. Today, a simple visit to the new Whole Foods in London, which has foodservice seating for 350, tells us a different story about […]
Chilled Food Association Delivers High Standards For British Retailers
Our piece, pundit’s Pulse Of The Industry: Chilled Food Association’s Kaarin Goodburn, brought to our pages a different perspective, from across the pond, on food safety practices in the produce industry. Kaarin has also been good enough to share a presentation that details the way they see the supply chain for produce. These three slides […]
ASDA Adopts Nutrition Labeling System
We mentioned some time ago that Hannaford had put together a program to rank the nutritional merit of almost the whole store. Now ASDA, Wal-Mart’s subsidiary in the U.K., has developed a new system, at least initially, for a smaller range of items: ASDA SET TO INTRODUCE FRONT OF PACK NUTRITIONAL LABELING THAT COMBINES THE […]
Pundit’s Mailbag — Call For Counterfeiting Countermeasures
Our pieces Zespri Among Most Counterfeited Brands In China and Brand-Crazy Chinese, which highlighted the counterfeiting of Zespri kiwifruit and Sunkist brand citrus in China brought a letter from this knowledgeable participant on the retail side in Asia: I would comment that the reason fruits are pirated is that established brands such as Washington Apples, […]
Declaration Of Independence
We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness.That to secure these rights, Governments are instituted among Men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed… These […]
Pundit’s Pulse Of The Industry: Chilled Food Association’s Kaarin Goodburn
Here at the Pundit, we have scoured the world looking to learn what we can about food safety from other countries. We have sought information as far as Australia, but a primary focus has been the United Kingdom. We have spoken with a private processor and to Jo McDonald of the British Retail Consortium (BRC) […]
