Where To Eat When It’s Too Late For Dinner And Too Early For Breakfast
Our piece Inaugural New York Produce Show And Conference Exceeds All Expectations; Provides Forum For Business, Education, Service and Networking EPC and PRODUCE BUSINESS Vow Even Better Event In 2011 discussed how having trepidations in business can be a positive thing as it keeps one striving to do better and better. Our explanations about the […]
New Foodborne Illness Numbers Dramatically Lower: Points To Danger Of Basing Public Policy On Faulty Statistics
For more than a decade, anyone addressing the issue of foodborne illness in the United States has had little choice but to use the so-called Mead estimates: To better quantify the impact of foodborne diseases on health in the United States, we compiled and analyzed information from multiple surveillance systems and other sources. We estimate […]
For Your Holiday Gift Giving Needs
Just what the world needs: A banana carrying case. Get yours from Japan.
Tesco Trumpets Increased Sales Numbers But Growth Is Still Underperforming
One of the patterns that we have observed in our study of Tesco’s journey to America as Fresh & Easy is that much of the media takes the easy way out and simply parrots company press releases. They may not be specialists in the company or industry they are reporting on, or they just don’t […]
Just Before Midnight At Disney…
A Boy’s Merry Christmas ‘Miracle’
With A Lesson For Seeking Opportunities In Business…And Life
The Pundit family spent last weekend at Walt Disney World attending Mickey’s Very Merry Christmas Party. We split up at one point and the Pundit was with Junior Pundit Primo, aka William, age nine. It was 11:32 pm and, though tired, he very much wanted to take a photo with Winnie the Pooh in his […]
Another Reason Retailers Need A System To Make Sure That Any Onion Labeled Sweet Actually Is Sweet:
They May Get Sued If They Don’t
We’ve been blowing a trumpet on the problem that is caused by the sale of onions that are ordinary onions yet are marketed as “sweet onions” We’ve included several pieces in this series: Sweet Onion Fraud Pundit’s Mailbag — Retail Specifications Needed For Sweet Onions Pundit’s Mailbag — With Proper Science And Marketing, Onions Could […]
Update On Jan Fleming… E-mail As Medicinal Treatment
Our piece, To Endure And Prevail: With Thanksgiving Approaching Let Jan Fleming Know She Does Not Stand Alone, pointed out that Jan Fleming — daughter of Bob Strube, Sr., longtime pillar of the Strube Celery and Vegetable Company and columnist of PRODUCE BUSINESS, and wife of former United Chairman Tim Fleming and an industry luminary […]
Food Safety Bill Now Seems Likely To Pass With Exemption For Small Producers: FMI And NRA Refused To Join Ranks With The Produce Industry To Stop It. Final Bill Is An Attack On Wholesalers And Distributors
Nothing is over till it’s over but it now seems likely that the flawed food safety legislation passed by the Senate will wind up becoming law as the House included the Senate language in a continuing resolution designed to keep the government running. United issued a statement: “United Fresh has strongly supported modernization of our […]
A Walk Through Publix Greenwise Market: Is What Is Sold What Has Been Promised? Lessons For Retailers Thinking Of Launching Specialized Concepts
Many years ago, the Pundit’s uncle, Sydney Prevor, who ran the family’s business interests in Puerto Rico, had an idea: He wanted to have a store that would sell rotisserie chicken. The Pundit’s grandfather, Harry Prevor, thought it was a great idea, except he thought it would be a good idea to sell some milk, […]
Magic In New York
New York is getting ready for Christmas. The tree is up in Rockefeller Center, the Rockettes are kicking at Radio City Music Hall in the annual Christmas Spectacular. The Empire State Building is lit red and green, and the skaters are skating on Central Park. It’s a magical time in an incredible place. Of course, […]
