Mastering Merchandising
Originally printed in the March 2019 issue of Produce Business. Merchandising is the primary selling tool for the produce industry, and it has to change… Read More
Fruits of Thought
A Closer Look At Produce Pricing
Originally printed in the February 2019 issue of Produce Business. Perhaps the single most common complaint we receive here at Produce Business is shippers complaining… Read More
Cheers To Rick Antle
Originally printed in the May 2018 issue of Produce Business. Rick Antle was the last industry member to see my father alive. He knew my… Read More
Banana Prices, Contracting And Retail-CEO Shortsightedness
Originally printed in the April 2018 issue of Produce Business. The Wall Street Journal recently ran a piece on banana pricing in the US: Wholesale… Read More
Will Whole Foods Bend In New Retail Environment?
Originally printed in the March 2018 issue of Produce Business. Like most department stores, Kohl’s finds its stores too large. So, it is looking to… Read More
Why Industry Relationships Matter
What have we learned in publishing Produce Business for more than three decades? A bunch … and especially this: When all is said and done,… Read More
Smoke-and-Mirror Retailing
When an external enemy attacks, it tends to create a response. Look at how Wal-Mart, most recently with its acquisition of Jet.com, is consciously trying to… Read More
Perspective Needed On Current State Of The World
It is as if the world turned dark. In the United Kingdom, the nation lit the fuse via the referendum to overturn almost a half-century… Read More
Local Food Safety Risk Not To Be Ignored
Retailers and the retail supply chain experienced a break on food safety lately with the highest profile case being Chipotle, and thus the foodservice sector…. Read More
What Is The Future For A Supermarket?
There are long-held rumors that the Golub and Wegman families — who have known each other for generations — intentionally minimized overlap, but with changes… Read More