Opinion
Opinion: Fortifying grocery food supply chains to meet consumer expectations
Gerd Utidewilligen of Emerson says that to meet consumer expectations and protect their brand reputations, grocers need to adopt best practices at every step of the food supply chain.
July 12 , 2021
Harvard study on produce and mortality: Five servings a day is key, but we need to quantify the benefits
Jim Prevor's Perishable Pundit interviews Harvard's Professor Walter Willett about a recent "big picture” study, involving more than 100,000 people, and offers some important conclusions.
July 09 , 2021
QIMA: The impact of the human factor in cold chain assurance
Our expert, Sebastián Scheggia, tells how the fresh food import and export industry must comply with the processes in the cold chain and the impact of adequate quality control for the assurance of the product's life in today's logistics.
July 06 , 2021
Permanent round table raises hopes for Dominican Republic’s banana industry
Banana Link International Coordinator Alistair Smith outlines developments that point to greater social dialogue and a brighter future for the many Haitian migrant workers on the country’s plantations.
June 10 , 2021
Opinion: Persecution in Spain against the avocado
Cristobal Aguado, President of Valencia's AVA-ASAJA, says that hundreds of families benefit from the performance of this crop, helping to turn the economic wheel in many towns.
April 27 , 2021
Five food trends and how they are shaping new safety requirements
Kirstie Jones of U.K.-based Navitas SafetyNow says: "Businesses should be seeking to utilize the rise of these five food trends in order to catapult themselves to greater success and deliver a service that the consumer demands."
April 19 , 2021
100 days post Brexit, what are the impacts on the produce sector?
John Giles of Promar International says: "They always say Rome wasn’t built in a day – but neither has the full impact of Brexit been seen in the UK after 100 – yet."
April 16 , 2021
Leverage the power of perishables by differentiating fresh food offerings
Sally Lyons Wyatt and Jonna Parker of IRI say three key areas offer retailers and manufacturers fantastic differentiation opportunities, whether in-store, online or out-of-store with digital or other media.
April 08 , 2021
Opinion: Unity is a necessity to achieve greater goals
Cristian Tagle, President of the Chilean Cherry Committee, says the industry must come together following an unprecedented and challenging season.
March 23 , 2021
Opinion: Supply shock, demand collapse?
In the wake of the Chilean table grape damage, John Pandol says "the idea of 'there’s half the supply so the price should double' never happens".
March 02 , 2021
