“I enjoyed being with you at the July Del Monte Consumer Conference. You are an astute observer of the current conditions in our country’s great food industry. You obviously, very effectively and efficiently, get to the heart of many of the significant trends in the industry. I suspect many of the participants in the conference […]

“On behalf of the Virginia Food and Beverage Association (VFBA), I want to thank you for your keynote address outlining the mega trends small food industries will face in the future. Your presentation created great interest among the participants and generated considerable momentum for the program…Please accept our thanks for an assignment that was very […]

“Thank you for contributing to the success of this year’s Management Workshop. Your case study provided a unique and challenging, hands-on approach to learning for our group, which they thoroughly enjoyed.”

“Whole Foods has been successful in attracting employees living the WF lifestyle.” “It is tremendous theater, but they’ve also got a good set of actors and actresses to play the parts.” “To the extent that retail grocers are partnering with national brands and coming up with their own unique store brands, they give shoppers more […]

“We are time-starved.  No one’s going to cook two hours a day anymore.” “I think there’s a tremendous opportunity right now.  The question is, who is going to be poised to go after it?”

“The key to the ‘big middle’ chains is to provide some value options for customers.” “It may mean taking a stand on the top 50 consumer products…things which can differentiate you in terms of strength in the market.” “Get rid of the soda on an end-cap for a month and put up the ingredients for […]

“You can get E. coli from lettuce.  It is a larger issue than ‘Do I eat meat anymore?’” “Young people, who demonstrate a deep interest in ecology and the planet, may move toward making America a less meat-intensive culture.”

“It is more difficult to go upscale.”  “It is easier to come down than it is to go up.”