Leafy Greens’ Board Should
Disavow Marketing Effort
The California Leafy Greens Marketing Agreement Board will hold its first meeting today, Friday, the 23rd of February. It remains unclear who has signed up and who has not. Dole has announced that it has signed the agreement; Fresh Express has announced that it does not intend to sign. The State has come out with […]
Tesco’s Success Course Far From Easy
It may be fresh, but it won’t be easy. We’ve dealt with Tesco and its plans in America both here and here. Wall Street has also gotten into the game, and some clever analysts at Credit Suisse entitled their report: It May Be Fresh, But It Won’t Be Easy. The research analysts at Credit Suisse […]
Pundit Rewind LXVXVII
The Pundit originally ran the Pundit Rewind on September 21, 2006. We continuously update it in order to keep everyone organized with respect to reference material on this subject; we have updated it with new items and run it again today. Spinach Crisis Summary With so much having been written in so short a time, […]
Botulism And Carrot Juice Summary LVXVII
We’ve been asked to make available in one place our coverage of the recall by Wm. Bolthouse Farms of certain 100% carrot juice products and the broader implications of this issue for food safety. This piece is updated regularly and will be re-run to include new coverage of this outbreak and issue. We initiated our […]
Pundit’s Mailbag —
Univeg, Ready Pac, Sunkist
And The Lord Mayor Of Dublin
Following an issue of the Pundit that featured two articles focused on corporate change, Univeg Intends To Buy Ready Pac and Sunkist And Pure Gold, we received this letter from one of the trade’s more eclectic minds: It interesting to speculate from outside why companies make the decisions they do. Our business is dominated by […]
A Closer Look At Vending Machines
Our piece, Dole Introduces Unique Vending Machine Concept, detailed how new vending technology was being used in a pilot program to increase consumption of produce and healthy foods for school age children. In order to learn more about how this program is playing out in real time, we spoke to the foodservice director at one […]
Tim Vaux Reflects On DuPont,
Leadership And Jeff Gordon
Our piece, Tim Vaux To Leave DuPont, brought an outpouring of interest and concern from the many who have participated in United Fresh’s Produce Industry Leadership Program. Here is an assortment, some sent directly to the Pundit and others that Tim shared with us, of the things people are saying about Tim: I’m sure “stunned” […]
FDA To Hold Hearings
On Safety Of Fresh Produce
The FDA has issued an announcement: FDA TO HOLD PUBLIC HEARINGS ON THE SAFETY OF FRESH PRODUCE The Food and Drug Administration will convene two public hearings to share information about recent outbreaks of foodborne illness associated with microbial contamination of fresh produce, and to solicit comments, data, and other scientific information about current agricultural […]
Botulism And Carrot Juice Summary LVXVI
We’ve been asked to make available in one place our coverage of the recall by Wm. Bolthouse Farms of certain 100% carrot juice products and the broader implications of this issue for food safety. This piece is updated regularly and will be re-run to include new coverage of this outbreak and issue. We initiated our […]
Buyer-led Food Safety Initiative
Recap XLVII
There is an ad hoc group that started it all. The National Restaurant Association has its group working on a program and the Food Marketing Institute held a conference. All these buyer-led initiatives can get confusing, so to assist the trade in keeping track of them all, we are publishing this recap of coverage all […]
