Winning With Bread
Hurry, get your application right here. The deadline is August 31, 2006. What are you signing up for? The Coupe du Monde de la Boulangerie is an international artisan bread baking competition held every three years in Paris, France. Organized in 1992 by Christian Vabret, president of the Ecole Française de Boulangerie d’Aurillac, the Coupe […]
IDDBA Offers Innovative Scholarship Program
Many times, employees at various organizations see top executives jetting off to conferences, trade shows and board meetings hosted by associations that the company belongs to. They know a lot of company money gets spent on these association activities but may not see any direct benefit for themselves in their companies’ participation in the organization. […]
Pundit’s Mailbag — Immigration
Some very incisive thoughts in response to our piece on immigration: On immigration, much to the dismay of my shippers, I’ve long contended that the agricultural community is hooked on the drug of cheap labor. In the 60’s, people were mechanically harvesting certain vegetables for Campbell’s Soup. They had to quit doing it because labor […]
Advancing Perishable Logistics
For airports to remain competitive in today’s quality- and food-safety-oriented times, they have to offer dedicated perishable facilities. Houston is on track and has announced such a plan: The new International Air CargoCentre II — an approximately 60,000 square foot perishable cargo handling facility — will be located on-airport in the IAH CargoCenter and offer […]
Milk And Other Matters
BodybyMilk.com just went live with a new web site geared toward teens. The launch is part of MilkPEP’s ‘Body by Milk’ school program effort to welcome students back to school. The program is built around a health message: The “Body by Milk” program shares a powerful health message that resonates with teens. Specifically the message […]
Being Consumer-Focused
We’ve been writing a great deal lately about issues such as the use of cartoon characters to sell more product. And indeed, the use of effective marketing and promotional devices is crucial in selling effectively, yet, it can also be a distraction. I’ve never met a marketing expert who didn’t make clear the preeminence of […]
Answers From The
Deli Front Line
It is unanimously agreed that prepared foods are the focus of Tesco’s new effort in the US. And it is known that chains such as Whole Foods and Wegmans do a fantastically important share of their business with prepared foods. But the vast majority of US supermarkets are struggling with the category. The Pundit’s sister […]
Link Away!
We’ve gotten a number of inquiries asking if it is O.K. to link to our web site. The answer is ABSOLUTELY! In fact we encourage it. There are two basic ways to link to the site. If you maintain a general list of industry resources on your web site and would like to list us, […]
Bakery Expo
The Retail Bakers of America, The New York State Association of Manufacturing Retail Bakers and the New Jersey Bakers Board of Trade tell me that they are sponsoring The American Bakery Expo which (is it possible?) they advise is the only national bakery show in 2006. This year’s Expo takes place October 21-23 in Atlantic […]
The End Of Supermarkets?
Why so much space and thought to Tesco? Well, one reason is that in an era of great consolidation it is a pleasure to have a new customer. Another is that the same consolidation creates a homogenization of the offer to consumers and a new concept is thus devoutly to be wished. But the underlying […]
