A Hat Tip To Costco…Lack Of Usage Prompts Costco To Forgo Electric Car Chargers And It Helps Taxpayers By Resisting The Lure Of Free Government Money
Costco should get an award. It is not going to accept free money from the government in a situation where it doesn’t think it will do any good. It made an announcement covered in the online “Wheels” column of The New York Times — Citing a Lack of Usage, Costco Removes Electric Vehicle Chargers: Costco, the membership […]
Pundit’s Mailbag — GMOs And Hawaii Papaya
Our piece Attack On Hawaii’s Genetically Modified Papayas Sparks Debate About Science, Organics And Freedom To Choose brought a word from a GMO skeptic: Thanks for your report on the destruction of GM mangos in Hawaii. Although I fully agree that this was a criminal act, I think some details of your article deserve a second […]
Pundit’s Mailbag — Wal-Mart’s RPC Decision Is Part Of Its Bargain-Hunting Produce Procurement Strategy
The Pundit was recently asked his opinion on an important development at Wal-Mart by a well respected industry veteran: At your convenience, please explain the decision by Wal-Mart to eliminate RPC’s and return to corrugated boxes for produce. The move seems to contradict their position to be a leader in sustainability. Your thoughts would be […]
The Wall Street Journal’s
Mary Anastasia O’Grady To Keynote
New Global Trade Symposium
At The New York Produce Show…
Proceeds To Benefit Research
For The Cure Of Pancreatic Cancer
In our last posting, we showcased our Retail “Thought Leaders” Panel as the highlight of this year’s edition of The New York Produce Show and Conference, which will be held in Manhattan, November 7 – 9, 2011. This year’s show is a significantly richer event in terms of the workshops and seminars, and a part […]
Krueger Appointment Does Not Bode Well For Industry’s Employment Concerns
Alan Krueger is the Bendheim Professor of Economics at Princeton University, having done his undergraduate work at Cornell’s famed School of Industrial and Labor Relations. He went on to get his PhD in economics at Harvard and is well known as a labor economist. Now President Obama, focusing on jobs, has selected him to chair the […]
The New York Produce Show And Conference Announces Retail
"Thought Leaders" Panel…
Be In New York City November 7-9, 2011
It was over a year ago that we began the establishment of a new industry institution with a simple 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 that […]
Jobs Speech On Football’s Opening Night Already Fraught With President’s Fumbles
The job news is bad: US Economy Created No Job Growth in August, Data Show: Employment growth ground to a halt in August, as sagging consumer confidence discouraged already skittish U.S. businesses from hiring, keeping pressure on the Federal Reserve to provide more monetary stimulus to aid the struggling economy. Nonfarm payrolls were unchanged last […]
Is Tesco’s Move To Sell Its Japanese Venture A Sign From The New CEO That Fresh & Easy Will Have To ‘Improve Returns’ Or Else?
For all we have written about Tesco’s Journey to America in the form of Fresh & Easy, the future of this venture has pivoted around an unknowable: What does Tesco’s new CEO, Philip Clark, think about the notion of sustaining losing businesses in the hope of building long term strategic positions in important markets? Now […]
Participate In Tip Murphy Memorial Golf Tournament
Coming up on Monday, September 12, 2011, is the Third Annual Tip Murphy Memorial Golf Tournament, which benefits the Tip Murphy Scholarship for Leadership Excellence. There are always a lot of reasons to attend these types of events. There are business relationships to make and reinforce, and this event is held in Loveland, Ohio, and […]
Del Monte Fresh Stands Up To FDA’s Bullying Tactics
Among those of us who have studied the FDA and its actions in relation to food safety, one thing is extraordinarily clear: Whatever the underlying goals of the food safety laws, acknowledging the mostly benign intentions of the top FDA officials in their day-to-day workings at the FDA, the FDA often comes across as a […]
