Ten Reasons Why U.S. Chains Should Be Concerned About Tesco And Target
There is a new research report out authored by analysts at JP Morgan entitled Supermarket Industry Review and Outlook: Is There Room for Two More Giants? It is unusually insightful and brings to the fore crucial points that are often overlooked. First, it points out that consolidation may be advanced in supermarket retailing but that […]
United Farm Workers Now Just A Trickle
The United Farm Workers union once struck fear in the hearts of growers. Its grape boycott was legion, and its moves to lettuce and other crops were very aggressive. It is no secret that the UFW is a pale shadow of its former self. With the news that members of the UFW have voted overwhelmingly […]
AgJOBS Apathy?
The other day we happened to run two unrelated stories that came to be an interesting industry experiment. We ran Taylor Farms And Dole Veg Paying Up For Food Safety, which dealt with the fact that Taylor Farms and Dole had both announced price increases tied to the costs of implanting food safety programs. We […]
Is Tesco’s ‘Green’ Position A Sustainable Advantage?
The New York Post ran an interesting piece entitled ‘Green’ Grocer Tesco’s Building Its Eco-Friendly Brand In U.S. The article makes two points that are important to be aware of as Tesco comes to America. The first is a contrast in the way Tesco and Wal-Mart are approaching green initiatives: Tesco, which plans to build […]
Tesco’s Small Store Format Not Unnoticed At Wal-Mart
It is not a surprise that Tesco, in coming to America, elected to use a small store format. To start with, real estate difficulties bedevil larger formats. Wal-Mart battles for each supercenter in California, and local supermarket chains have the relationships with developers to be offered first those key corner shopping centers. In more mature […]
Frustrated Advocacy Group Wants Supermarkets To Pay More
An advocacy group known as ActionAid has begun a campaign to get British supermarkets to change the way they deal with suppliers in developing countries. Here is how ActionAid explains its campaign: We are calling for binding regulation and an independent watchdog to be put in place to ensure that supermarkets play fair in the […]
Karen Caplan Weds
Karen Caplan, President and CEO of Los Angeles, California-based Frieda’s Inc., has gotten married. Why don’t you send her a message of congratulations right here? We promise that we won’t publish your messages and will forward them directly to Karen.
National Restaurant Association Clarifies Its Position On Food Safety
As we mentioned in our coverage of the National Restaurant Association and its involvement with the issue of produce safety, NRA agreed to endorse the California Marketing Agreement metrics — at least for the time being. Now it has issued its release formalizing this point. The release, written in the name of Dr. Donna Garren, […]
Pundit’s Mailbag — Pivonka Sheds Light On PBH’s Decision-Making Process
Our piece, Complaints From PBH’s Board Members Point To Weakness In Governance brought this letter to our in-box: Thank you for your initial positive response to our Imagination Farms alliance. I too thought it was a positive step. I received, as did you, some responses expressing concern about it. Those concerns brought to light an […]
Stop & Shop’s D’Antuono Wins New England Retailer Of The Year
Domenic D’Antuono, vice president of produce, Stop & Shop Supermarket Company, has been awarded recognition as the third annual New England Produce Council Retailer of the Year in a presentation at the New England Produce Council Expo by Pundit sister publication PRODUCE BUSINESS magazine and the New England Produce Council. Jan Fialkow, managing editor of […]
