How Will Brexit Affect The Industry?
At the recent New York Produce Show and Conference held in December 2016, a question was asked by a member of the consumer media during… Read More
Articles by Jim Prevor
Trump Presidency Needs Big Picture Industry Perspective
One of the most interesting facets of industry-led government relations programs is because they almost always focus on particular industry concerns, they often fail to… Read More
Now That We Have A New President …
It is said that Will Rogers, the famous American humorist, used to include in his act a comment that when a President was elected, we… Read More
Right Man For The Right Time
Bob Carey was the chief staff officer for the Produce Marketing Association and its predecessor organizations for nearly 40 years. He shepherded the organization through… 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
Perfect Storm Accounts For Avocado Success
Trying to understand the future actions of consumers brings to mind Winston Churchill’s explanation of the difficulty of predicting the actions of Russia. He said the… 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
Nutritional Info Is A Moving Target
If the proverbial Martian came to Earth and simply read press reports on consumer desires — more fresh, more healthy, more local, more organic, etc…. Read More