Alistair Stone, Buying Exec From ‘Experiential’ Retailer Waitrose, Explains The UK’s Increasingly Polarized Retail Environment And The Opportunities The Transformation Creates At The Global Trade Symposium Of The New York Produce Show And Conference
It is commonplace now to hear experts declare that businesses must seek new markets, the so-called BRIC countries — Brazil, Russia, India and China — are often the focus of opportunity. Of course, recent restrictions on trade with Russia have taken the bloom off that particular rose and exposed some of the risks of dealing […]
A LEAP ACROSS THE POND
Newcastle University Welcomed
As First British School To Join University Interchange Program At New York Produce Show and Conference;
Professor To Present On The Intersection Of Food, Technology And The Consumer
Since the founding of The New York Produce Show and Conference, we have taken pride in featuring our University Interchange Program. This unique program involves bringing a faculty member from a prominent university to share the result of his or her latest research, thus both putting industry attendees on the cutting edge of knowledge and […]
Before Taking Center Stage At New York Produce Show, Celebrity Chef Dave Pasternack Advises The Industry To 'Make It Simple'
Much of the time the production side of the produce industry thinks only of high volume foodservice, yet, just as Keynes cautioned that “Practical men who believe themselves to be quite exempt from any intellectual influence are usually the slaves of some defunct economist.” So it is that powerful high volume commercial menu planners are […]
Kantar Worldpanel Execs Present Produce Case Studies Demonstrating Power Of Data At Global Trade Symposium Co-Located With The New York Produce Show And Conference
When we first started writing about Tesco’s efforts to establish itself in America as Fresh & Easy, we came to realize how import Kantar is in the UK. Its market share reports have the power to move the stock market, and countless business strategies are adjusted based on Kantar data. Less well known is how […]
Industry Leaders To Share Knowledge And Ideas At New York Produce Show Thought-Leadership Panel Keynote Breakfast
It was just over a half decade ago that we began the establishment of a new industry institution with an announcement: New York, NY — The Eastern Produce Council and PRODUCE BUSINESS magazine announced today their collaboration to launch The New York Produce Show And Conference…. “New York City is the epicenter of the region […]
Eastern Produce Council President Paul Kneeland Makes The Case For New Jersey Retail Tour At The New York Produce Show And Conference
Many people come to Manhattan for business or pleasure, and there is no question that the Manhattan Retail Tour offers a unique perspective on food retailing as progressive retailers attempt to maximize sales in a space-constrained environment with sky-high rents. Yet one can’t really understand the dynamics of the market if that is all one […]
Constantly Changing Hunts Point Produce Market Opens Its Doors To Visitors Attending The New York Produce Show And Conference
It is always interesting to find out how many people in the produce industry have been dealing with buyers across the country for decades, sometimes for generations, yet they have never set foot in their customers’ facility. That is a shame and when those longstanding relationships are with the firms on the Hunts Point Market, […]
At the 'Ideation Fresh' Foodservice Forum Of The New York Produce Show And Conference:
As 400-store Taco John’s Heads East With Its First Restaurant On Long Island, Chef Bob Karisny Talks Bluntly About The Challenges And Opportunities For Produce In High Volume Foodservice
Bob Karisny has a reputation as a top chef, but he innovated greatly at Boston Market, and, now, working for Taco John’s, he remains in a position to directly influence the way many people eat and to set an example that others in the mass market foodservice arena will pay attention. So we were thrilled […]
Riding The Vegan Wave: ‘Spork’ Sisters Jenny Engel And Heather Goldberg Bring Vegan Cooking Ideas To The New York Produce Show And Conference
How ought the produce industry address Veganism? For the most part, mainstream produce promotional groups and companies have shied away from addressing this segment. Quite reasonably they don’t want their organizations or products to be marginalized or perceived as fringe or irrelevant. Yet it is a significant mindshift when you have people such as President […]
Seeing The Future Of Wholesale Markets:
The Philadelphia Story
A Regional Tour Of The New York Produce Show And Conference
It would be shame and, quite possibly, a sin to gather from people from every continent, save Antarctica, who are passionate about produce and keep them all in a convention hall or hotel the whole time. As such, from the very beginning of The New York Produce Show and Conference, we have closed the event with […]
