03/11/2010 04:35PM
By
Tom Karst
Aldi is a retailer that has attracted much interest in the current
recessionary economy. Track what consumers are saying about the hard
discounter on Twitter by bookmarking this blog entry. Tweets on Aldi: If your browser has trouble loading the search box, you might try the Firefox browser.
03/11/2010 12:49PM
By
Tom Karst
Here we have three in one for a Twitter search of retailers Safeway, Kroger and Albertsons. Bookmark for your future reference.If your browser has trouble loading the search box, you might try the Firefox browser.
03/11/2010 12:07AM
By
Tom Karst
Another in the series of blog entries highlighting Twitter searches, this time for potatoes. The pulse of the people on potatoes:
03/10/2010 11:50PM
By
Tom Karst
Here is the grandaddy of Twitter searches on the Fresh Talk blog. What the tweeps are saying about fruits and vegetables:
03/10/2010 11:08PM
By
Tom Karst
Another in a series, here is the Western Growers letter to the FDA on
traceability, or Product Tracing Systems for Food. Find the FDA docket here. More ambivalence about the PTI.
03/09/2010 02:26PM
By
Tom Karst
Again, this is a bookmarrk-worthy blog post, as we capture the stream
of thought, opinion and news about Wal-Mart. The Twitter search for the
world's largest and most controversial retailer.:
03/09/2010 01:56PM
By
Tom Karst
Again, here is a blog entry that strawberry marketers may want to
bookmark. Catching random comments, raves and rants, here is a
real-time Twitter search for strawberries:
03/09/2010 09:07AM
By
Tom Karst
The FDA docket
on Product Tracing Systems for Food closed March 4, and I will reprint
some of the comments from stakeholders in this space. Here are the
comments about traceability from the Florida Fruit & Vegetable
Association.
03/07/2010 12:49PM
By
Tom Karst
Europe has approved a GM potato. Though not for food use - the potato
will produce high quality starch - the event seems to promise a new era
for GM crops in Europe. As an article in Treehugger.com asked "How Did a Genetically Modified Potato Gain Approval in Europe?"
From Treehugger:
After
a 13-year battle, the largest chemical company in the world, BASF won
approval from the European Commission to begin commercially growing a
genetically modified potato for industrial use. Many onlookers were
more than a little surprised by the decision considering the
Commission's formerly skeptical approach to GMOs. The decision has
incited fury amongst harsh critics which included Italy and Austria who
fear a health disaster.
The EU decision comes about a month after India halted the release of its first GM food crop - the Bt Brinjal, an insect resistant eggplant variety.