Will Retailers Wait For A Trial To Act On Ocean Spray Controversy?
The controversy between Ocean Spray and the Nolan’s has broken out into common knowledge for the industry as a result of a lawsuit, so inevitably the articles written have focused on legalities. Yet, now that this is public, it is highly unlikely that retailers, who may feel they were wronged by Ocean Spray’s pricing policies, […]
Albertson’s LLC Experiments With New Temperature Monitoring Technology
Ever since Supervalu acquired most of the choice Albertson’s stores, it is easy to forget that Albertson’s LLC still employs 47,000 people and has stores in 12 states. We received a release, though, pointing out that Albertsons LLC is still out there and doing some interesting things: BOISE, Idaho — Albertson’s LLC announced today that […]
PMA And United Agree On Federal Food Safety Regulation
The Produce Marketing Association and the United Fresh Produce Association have issued an unprecedented joint press release showing common ground on the issue of food safety regulation: News Release United Fresh Produce Association, Produce Marketing Association Endorse Common Principles for Federal Produce Safety Regulatory Oversight The Produce Marketing Association and United Fresh Produce Association Boards […]
Pundit’s Mailbag — Beef Industry Not The Best Guide For Produce Food Safety
It was the Buyer-led Food Safety Initiative that called for the produce industry to look to the beef industry as a model for how food safety in produce might be improved. We followed up by writing Pundit’s Pulse of The Industry: Beef Industry Food Safety Council’s James “Bo” Reagan. Acknowledging that everyone’s experience has value […]
Pundit’s Pulse Of The Industry: FreshLook’s Mark Degner And IRI’s June Fenzel
In light of major structural changes at Willard Bishop we ran a piece Pundit’s Pulse Of The Industry — Willard Bishop Consulting’s Bill Bishop in which, among other things, we were advised that “…for some period of time AC Nielsen was out in front by itself in category management including perishables. Now, there is a […]
Dachman To Head Sysco’s Produce Division
The interconnection between produce and foodservice is always a challenge. Most operators do not have dedicated produce buyers and so it falls to general food and beverage buyers to decide whether to get involved in the produce industry. We have written about many foodservice operators who are involved in the produce industry, including this piece, […]
A Look At Tesco’s Stores
We’ve been dealing with Tesco’s arrival in America for some time. Now we have some additional information. Here is what the stores will look like: Here is a map of where the initial stores will be in the Phoenix area: Here is a list of the Phoenix area locations: Fresh & Easy Neighborhood Market Greater […]
Colin Powell To Speak At PMA Convention
This year PMA is changing the schedule of its annual trade show and convention, Fresh Summit which will be held in Houston, TX October 12-15, 2007. The new schedule goes like this: Schedule 2007 Schedule of Events Friday, October 12 7:30 am — 12:30 pm Retail Produce Tour *1:00 pm — 2:30 pm Lunch General […]
PMA Convenes First Country Council
Winston Churchill wrote a four-volume series entitled, A History of the English Speaking Peoples, which chronicled the historical journey and unique bonds that connected the peoples of the United Kingdom, Canada, New Zealand, Australia and the United States. Alas, Churchill only told the story through to the end of the 19th century. So it falls […]
Pundit’s Mailbag — English And Immigration
We have been following the immigration debate for some time with many pieces, including: Doubtful Immigration Policy, Pundit’s Mailbag — Immigration, Straight Talk On Immigration, Immigration And The Poultry Industry, Reducing Labor With Technology, AgJobs Take 2, Pundit’s Mailbag — AgJOBS vs. Lou Dobbs, Pundit’s Mailbag — AgJOBS Bill Needs More Support, AgJOBS Gets ‘Pull’ […]
