Fruits and Vegetables in Abundance
Fruits and vegetables are available in abundance right now.
Yes, on one hand, this is exactly what consumers are entitled to expect this time of year. After all, it is spring.
On the other hand, there are a couple of subtle differences which set this spring apart from the ones we have had in recent years.
Here Comes The Milk – AGAIN!!
My smooth way of navigating around the fruit & vegetable at my local green grocer with optimum efficiency was rudely interrupted last week by the appearance of a “Milk Refillery” blocking my way.
Fresh Facts 2024 Release
The e-version of Fresh Facts has been available on the United Fresh New Zealand website since mid-October. The print version is now hitting industry desks around the country as well.
A Timely Reminder – “Fair & Sustainable Produce Prices”
The benefits of qualifying for the right to wear a T-shirt sporting the message in the picture include that one has had the opportunity to assemble an exquisite set of experiences throughout one’s career. Not all of these experiences will have been positive, hopefully many of them were. But even the less than exciting experiences […]
NORTH KOREA – THE NEXT GLOBAL BANANA MERCHANT?
Global warming is causing all sorts of rethinks. The English county of Kent these days has a burgeoning wine industry. There wasn’t a wine maker in sight in my days in London in the seventies. Wine culture at the time meant buying Black Tower and Blue Nun branded German white wines,
PERCEPTION IS 9/10TH OF REALITY – HAPPY 2021!
When is a PAK’nSAVE not a big yellow store with plenty of car parks around it? That’s right, when the store is located on the main road between Apia and Samoa’s Faleolo international airport. The store is yellow alright, but somehow lacks the dimensions and presence of its illustrious New Zealand counterparts.