Opportunity Alert:
It’s Not your Father’s Wholesale Industry Anymore!
UK Wholesaler Richard Thompson Addresses Global Trade Symposium…
How Disruptive Forces Make Wholesalers An Effective Portal For Market Access
Last year we were pleased to have two London wholesalers to add context to The New York Produce Show program: Gary Marshall of Bevington Salads and Chairman of New Covent Garden Tenants Association and Chris Hutchinson of Arthur Huchinson Ltd. and Chairman of Spitalfields Market Tenants Association Ltd. They went on a tour of the […]
Marketing Produce To Consumers, New Varieties And GMOs Wrapped Into One Seminar By Cornell’s Brad Rickard At The Foundational Excellence Program
Brad Rickard is a superstar, and his research is always interesting and carefully done. He has presented in both New York and London and provided scintillating talks, including those we have featured in these pieces: Will Reducing Food Waste Be Sufficient Reason To Embrace GMO Produce? Cornell Professor Brad Rickard To Guide A Controversial Session At […]
UNIVERSITY HEAVYWEIGHT PUTS SCIENCE BEHIND OPTIMIZED GLEANING SCHEDULES: Cornell’s Miguel Gómez Talks About How The Produce Industry Can Put Itself On The Side Of The Angels By Reducing Food Waste While Helping The Hungry
Professor Gómez searches for ways the industry can do well by also doing good. So it was no surprise to learn he had turned his formidable intellect to the subject of gleaning. Professor Gómez has made substantial contributions to the trade by helping to transfer insight gained through academic studies to be utilized by the […]
FMI’s Deep Dive Into The Power of Produce:
Research On Consumer Behavior Before, During And After Purchase To Be Discussed At New York Produce Show
We receive virtually every study done related to the produce industry and produce retailing. Almost all studies that involve the consumer suffer from a tragic flaw: they are surveys of some sort, and so tell us what consumers WANT to say. But because these surveys have no hard data on purchasing, they can’t tell us […]
Putting Aside Pesticide Residue Levels And Climate Change
Will The City Of Light Be A Beacon For The West To Combat ISIS?
We Can Never Prosper If Our Civilization Crumbles
We spend so much time and money working with produce trade associations, but every once and awhile something happens to remind us that these associations often don’t deal with the most important governmental decisions. Pesticide residue levels and similar things matter right up to the day something reminds us that there are bigger issues to […]
The Disruption Of Established Markets:
How Four Strategies Can Help Transcend Today’s Dilemmas
Can Retailers Show A Little Love For Produce Marketing?
Dutch Marketer Nic Jooste Will Share His Thoughts On Swimming Upstream At The Global Trade Symposium
A few months ago over at Pundit sister publication ProduceBusinessUK.com, Kathy Hammond wrote a piece that was published with the title, Treating CSR as a collective asset can lead to tangible gains. The article detailed how the integration of a Corporate Social Responsibility initiative into the very DNA of a company can create a valuable […]
The ‘Big Squeeze’ in the UK Market
Simon Martin Of QV Foods Group And The FPC Speaks Out:
Getting Past Selling Below The Cost Of Production
There is a squeeze going on in Britain. The retailers are being squeezed, as the government requires higher pay for employees — a national “living wage” is being phased in — and real estate taxes on commercial properties are rising — while retailers perceive themselves to have no flexibility in raising prices due to the […]
Pundit’s Mailbag –
GMOS And Bio-Diversity
Is It A Tool Toward Progress?
Or A Dream Of Monopoly Profits?
Our piece — The Wall Street Journal Highlights The GMO Dilemma: Will the ‘Innate’ Potato Change Minds When The Case Is So Clear? Don’t Bet The Farm On It! — brought feedback from a thoughtful industry member who has communicated with us before. Among the pieces he has participated in include these: Pundit’s Mailbag — Organics […]
Pundit’s Mailbag –
A Look Back At Fresh & Easy:
Tesco’s Insistence On UK Suppliers Building Facilities In The USA Increased Overhead And Reduced Flexibility…
The End Was Easy To Predict Even At The Beginning
We wrote about Tesco’s Journey To America as Fresh & Easy for many years, but we have been speaking to Eric Schwartz even longer. You can see some of the pieces he has contributed to here: Pundit’s Mailbag — The Irresponsibility Of Whole Foods’ ‘Responsibly Grown’ Campaign Why The Secrecy On Inspection Agency Lab Results? Dole’s […]
Setting Producers Free —
Production Agriculture And The Regulatory Burden:
Can States Help Northeast Production Thrive? Are They Inclined To Do So?
Ben Campbell has consistently demonstrated that interesting work relevant to the produce trade is being done in places many don’t realize. Examples of his outreach to the trade include: Perceptions And Misperceptions: Consumer Attitudes On Organic And Local — University Of Connecticut Study To Be Unveiled At New York Produce Show and Conference Connecticut Professor […]
