The updated USDA dietary guidelines — in conjunction with technological advancements and the First Lady's ‘Let's Move’ program — will mark 2011 as the year that finally empowers Americans to make permanent, positive...
On Passaic Avenue, at the corner of Passaic Park and the train station, in Passaic, N.J., stood Tom's Truck. Tom's was an early 1950s Chevy panel (the equivalent I suppose of today's SUV) and had certainly seen better...
A week or so ago, at the National Grocers Association's Executive Management Meeting, Charlie Cook (the political pundit) shared his thoughts about the upcoming elections over lunch. In his trademarked style he shared...
Although the latest food recall represents less than 1% of Americans' egg consumption, this product recall has become the “Tipping Point,” to borrow the phrase from Malcolm Gladwell, for the future of U.S. food safety...
Last week, I had the opportunity to spend some time in the Sacramento, Calif., pepper, lettuce, tomato and melon fields with a half-dozen plant breeders. Now before you think that this column is going to be just about...
I quite doubt that we will start to see television commercials that tout “we've raised the prices on over 6,000 items just for you”; however, the supermarkets that ran with the opposite message just a year or so ago...
This is not a column condemning or lauding Johnson & Johnson or any of their manufacturing practices or brands. It is about communication and trust; and the role of retailers...
Just about every celebrity chef, politician and food company has joined the latest food revolution to combat childhood obesity and reverse the unhealthy trend within one generation...
I am very pleased and honored to now be sharing my thoughts and insights on our food and supermarket industry along with the learnings from our SupermarketGuru.com consumer panel on these pages of Supermarket News...