Will Reducing Food Waste Be Sufficient Reason To Embrace GMO Produce? Cornell Professor Brad Rickard To Guide A Controversial Session At The London Produce Show And Conference
Brad Rickard is a rising star on the Cornell faculty, and he consistently delivers world-class presentations that take knowledge developed through intensive academic research and disseminates that knowledge to the industry where it can alter professional practices. He has often presented at The New York Produce Show and Conference, providing valuable insights in presentations we profiled in […]
Pundit’s Mailbag: Bruce Peterson Hits 'Nail On The Head' When It Comes To Retailers Hiring Credentials Over Experience
Our piece, Bruce Peterson, Founder Of Wal-Mart Produce Program, Will Urge Industry To Rage Against Mediocrity, Value Experience Over Education, And Merchandise To Wow The Consumer At The London Produce Show And Conference, brought much response, including these letters: The interview with Bruce is very enlightening. I’ve told everyone on our sales and purchasing desk that it’s […]
Pundit’s Mailbag — Branding, Private Label and TANSTAAFL
Our piece, What Is In A Brand? Will Marketing Boost Sales Of Inconsistent Produce? Industry issue vs. Individual Opportunity, brought many thoughtful comments, including one from a person who has worked in both branded and non-branded segments of the industry. Eric Schwartz has shared his thoughts in pieces such as these: Pundit’s Pulse Of The […]
Water: What Does It Mean To Have A Shortage Of Something That Sells For Less Than A Penny A Gallon? Can We Secure Farmer’s Rights To Ground And River Water? Why Raising Price Is Better Than Restricting Usage.
The New York Times ran a lengthy piece, titled The End of California? — written by Timothy Egan, and for the most part it is about the ”great drought” and, in his telling, it is not going to come out very good for agriculture: The morality tale behind California’s verdant prosperity will most certainly change. […]
SPECIAL MOTHER’S DAY EDITION
Blood From A Turnip: How A Mother’s Love Can Transform The Life Of Her Child
Today is the day we celebrate mothers. With the growth of the Feminist Movement, the enormous value that mothers collectively create for society is not emphasized as it should be. It is greater than ever before because of the epidemic of absent fathers. You’ve probably seen the mother who slapped her 16-year-old son to prevent his […]
WHAT IS IN A BRAND?
Will Marketing Boost Sales
Of Inconsistent Produce?
Industry Issue vs. Individual Opportunity
After PMA announced its million dollar contribution to a new effort to promote produce consumption to consumers, we wrote a piece titled, Solving The Right Problem, in Pundit sister Publication PRODUCE BUSINESS. Much of the piece was devoted to the question of how we know what is the right problem to solve. For example, we pointed […]
A TRIPLE CROWN OF AWARDS:
For Commentary Well-Thought;
Events Well-Presented;
A Life Well-Lived…
All In Service To An Industry Well-Loved
We have been enormously gratified over the years to have won a number of important recognitions and awards. Our motto since Day One has been to Initiate Industry Improvement, and so when we get third-party testimony that we have done that it means a lot. We remember being called up at United Fresh way back […]
Bruce Peterson, Founder Of Wal-Mart Produce Program, Will Urge Industry To Rage Against Mediocrity, Value Experience Over Education, And Merchandise To Wow The Consumer At The London Produce Show And Conference
We recently wrote a column on Pundit sister publication Produce Business UK titled, TESCO MUST GO ‘COLD-TURKEY’ TO OVERCOME CRACK-COCAINE-LIKE ADDICTION TO SUPPLIER CASH. The piece focused on the “box” retailers put themselves in when they start making their money on the buy — through vendor fees and whatnot — rather than the sell — […]
A Great Way Not To Get Hired
With the job market beginning to tighten, those seeking employment are also raising their standards and, of course, all sorts of people and companies are ready to help them. J.T. O’Donnell wrote a LinkedIn piece to address a point she claims readers have been raising with her. The piece is titled, 7 Lies Employers Use […]
Consumers Want To Know
But Do They Know What They Want?
And How Much Do They Care About Lunch?
Michael Wilde And Steve Savage
Speak Out
It wasn’t long ago that we received this notice: Louis Ruissen apples no longer anonymous Dutch biodynamic apple grower Louis Ruissen is proud. Finally, European consumers who enjoy his apples, can find out exactly who the grower is behind the fruit. Earlier this week Louis received his first personalised Nature & More carton. By entering […]
