On The Streets Of New York… Banners To Raise Awareness Of Produce And Encourage Consumers And Media To Join The Industry in Celebrating Fresh!!
Just in time to catch the Thanksgiving crowds, the Celebrating Fresh! banners, harkening the imminent arrival of The New York Produce Show and Conference, have been raised in midtown Manhattan! […]
Pundit’s Mailbag – The Hypocrisy Of Proposition 37, What The Industry Should Do And The Trouble With Statewide Initiatives
We’ve run a series pieces on GMOs, including most recently, DECISIONS FOR ELECTION DAY: From California’s Proposition 37 (GMO Labeling) To The Presidential Election Coming Down To Maine’s Potato Growers, and Prop 37, GMO’s, Labeling And the Nature Of Rights. These pieces brought a range of responses. Some, such as this note, focused on the […]
INNOVATION AS A BUSINESS DRIVER:
A Global Produce Industry Perspective Part I
Sun World, Tali Grapes And Marks and Spencer Explore A Globally Aligned Supply Chain At The Global Trade Symposium During The New York Produce Show And Conference
Success in the 21st century depends not only on what an individual company does but, crucially, on how a company interacts with other members of the supply chain. Delighting consumers, ensuring food safety, having sustainable values that inform the development, growth and marketing of a given product and, of course, knowing that traceability is intrinsic […]
Get An Inside Look At The New Philadelphia Produce Wholesale Market By Taking A Tour During The New York Produce Show And Conference
Ever since the founding of The New York Produce Show and Conference, we have had a tour bus head down to Philadelphia on the day after the trade show. Our friends at Wegmans have always been kind enough to let us stop in the Cherry Hill, New Jersey store and to treat us to lunch […]
Decision To Fight “Price Gouging” Is A Decision To Prolong Misery
As we get ready for The New York Produce Show and Conference, the City is pretty much back to normal, with the re-opening of the Brooklyn-Battery tunnel. Though damage remains both to equipment that was below the waterline and beach houses in New Jersey and on Long Island, New York City has moved on, as […]
Pundit’s Mailbag — United Fresh And Others Weigh In On Booth Babes
When there is great interest in seemingly small matters, it is often a sign that something larger is at stake. So it may be with our discussion of “booth babes.” We’ve run three pieces in this conversation so far: 1) Pundit’s Mailbag — Booth Babes And The Disconnect With PMA’s Position On Women’s Careers 2) […]
Pundit’s Mailbag – 'Booth Babes', Professionalism and Hypocrisy: What Should PMA’s Policy Be?
Our pieces — Pundit’s Mailbag — Booth Babes And The Disconnect With PMA’s Position On Women’s Careers and Pundit’s Mailbag — Nothing Wrong With Booth Babes! — have brought many responses. Some are simple endorsements: Thank you, Jim. In my opinion, you are on the right side of this issue. — Lauri Raymond Chief […]
What Makes Consumers Willing To Pay More? University Of Delaware’s Kent Messer To Unveil A Unique Synthesis Of Multiple Studies At The New York Produce Show And Conference
One of the important aspects of The New York Produce Show and Conference revolves around its University Exchange Program. The idea is simple: Go to the great centers of learning in the region, discover ground-breaking research that would not normally be disseminated in the trade and assist the schools in pursuing their land-grant missions to […]
Prop 37, GMOs, Labeling And The Nature Of Rights
Tonya Antle, whose retirement we trumpeted here, sent a video link to Frieda Caplan, who we first wrote about in Pundit sister publication PRODUCE BUSINESS in this cover story, and, most recently, co-chaired, with Bruce Peterson of Wal-Mart fame, the 2011 University Exchange Program at The New York Produce Show and Conference. Frieda sent the video link […]
Pundit’s Mailbag — Nothing Wrong With Booth Babes!
Our piece, Pundit’s Mailbag —Booth Babes And The Disconnect With PMA’s Position On Women’s Careers, brought several responses including this bluntly spoken one: I like the booth babes! Really, who has the voice here? The two dissenting voices outnumber the hundreds that like them? Sounds like jealousy to me. BTW, the Iran trade shows do not have any […]
