With the exception of Tesco’s opening on the west coast, perhaps the most consequential opening of a retail concept this year will be the opening
Our piece, Reducing Carbon Vs. Increasing Wealth, dealt with the thesis of Dr. Bjorn Lomborg that global warming, though real, cannot be solved by efforts
Think Wal-Mart is worried about Safeway’s Lifestyle stores? We bet they think more about Aldi, Supervalu’s Save-a-Lot and other deep discounters. We get some confirmation
Everyone is into “green”: Hannaford announced it will build a “Green” supermarket that will obtain the “Platinum” designation, the highest there is of the U.S.
One of the most important long term issues for the industry is that of health claims for produce. We have a Goldilocks variety of claims:
I am writing as a former life-long part of the western produce industry. I’m afraid my note is going to verge on a rant, but
Just after we reminded ourselves of the one-year mark since the Spinach Crisis began — noted in Spinach Crisis, One Year Later — we get
Our piece, C.H. Robinson Launches Our World Organics Line, brought a number of questions, less about the line than about this phrase in our comments:
Wal-Mart has announced a new slogan. Instead of “Always Low Prices. Always” the new slogan will be “Save Money. Live Better.” Many media reports said
It always seems as if Wegmans has a knack for being on the cutting edge. In an age where the organic community is bifurcating between
