Is Locally Grown Produce “Worth It”
Our piece, Reality Check For Locally Grown Advocates: Economics Don’t Measure Up, brought many responses. Some were short and sweet: Well done! — Robert Stovicek President PrimusLabs Santa Maria, California Others came from those out in the trenches of the trade: Another great, well thought-out piece. It’s funny how a movement like “local” can stir […]
Over-the-top Response To Child With Peanut Allergy
The Jr. Pundits both have allergies to peanuts so it brought special attention when we saw CNN had ran a piece titled, Parents Picket Girl with Peanut Allergy, Ask Her to Withdraw from School: A student at Edgewater Elementary School in Volusia County, Florida, is being asked to withdraw from the school by her classmates’ […]
Who Was Mohammed Bouazizi?
Marc Fisher wrote a fantastic piece for The Washington Post, titled, In Tunisia, act of one fruit vendor unleashes wave of revolution through Arab world: SIDI BOUZID, TUNISIA — On the evening before Mohammed Bouazizi lit a fire that would burn across the Arab world, the young fruit vendor told his mother that the oranges, […]
Pundit Poppa’s Medical Report: Drawing Strength From Infusions Of Love
Since we published Never Tell Me The Odds: One Man, One Disease, One Battle, many industry members have been kind enough to inquire how the Pundit Poppa is doing and how the whole family is holding up. We are appreciative of every inquiry and thankful for so many useful and supportive missives. My father’s cancer […]
Reality Check For Locally Grown Advocates: Economics
Don’t Measure Up
Our extensive discussion of the local phenomenon included an exchange regarding procurement policies at U.C. Davis: More On PMA Foodservice…Everyone Is In Favor Of Better Flavor But Is ‘Local’ A Solution Or An Ideology? Tom Reardon of Michigan State University Speaks Out: Wither Local? Dissecting The Meaning Of Local, Sustainable And Flavorful Pundit Mailbag — […]
Collaboration Is The Key As US And Mexican Traders Meet
At First America Trades Produce Conference
This week is the inaugural edition of a new industry event: A collaboration between two industry associations has led to a conference with a focus on US/Mexican trade. We asked Pundit Investigator and Special Projects Editor Mira Slot to find out more: Lance Jungmeyer President Fresh Produce Association of the Americas (FPAA) Nogalas, Arizona John […]
Supervalu May Learn That Cutting Costs Without Customer Concern Will Ultimately Affect The Sales Side Of The Equation
Back in 1987, American Airlines infamously eliminated olives from its salads to save about half a million dollars a year. It is a simple story, demonstrating the power of scale when it comes to savings. The way the story was popularized, it was said that it was assumed the salad ingredient would never be missed […]
Remembering Chandler Copps —
A Mentor, A Leader, A Great Example,
A Friend
“The ideas of economists and political philosophers, both when they are right and when they are wrong, are more powerful than is commonly understood. Indeed the world is ruled by little else. Practical men, who believe themselves to be quite exempt from any intellectual influence, are usually the slaves of some defunct economist.” — John […]
New Competition For Produce?
Some professors in the Netherlands claim that produce may be in for some competition: At the London restaurant Archipelago, diners can order the $11 Baby Bee Brulee: a creamy custard topped with a crunchy little bee. In New York, the Mexican restaurant Toloache offers $11 chapulines tacos: two tacos stuffed with Oaxacan-style dried grasshoppers. … […]
Wal-Mart’s Efforts To Go Back To Days Of Sam Walton May Only Position The Company In Between Deeper Discounters And More Upscale Venues
The Wall Street Journal ran a piece by Miguel Bustillo titled, Wal-Mart Tries to Recapture Mr. Sam’s Winning Formula: Wal-Mart Stores Inc. is in the midst of its worst U.S. sales slump ever. When it reports earnings on Tuesday, the retailer is widely expected to post its second straight year of declining domestic same-store sales. […]
