💼 A Salesman in a Self-Service World 🌎

Do you remember those radio and TV ads: “Work from home; No selling required!”? I sure do. I still wonder why precluding the sales function is perceived as a positive message. Popular media revels in the demonization of the sales profession. From the sitcom WRKP in...

🎃 Pumpkin Spice Season 🍂

    Thursday heralds the official first day of autumn.  Apple-picking, tailgating, and PSL’s ☕️ aside, fall probably represents the most important season of the year, food-wise.   This period marked the busiest time for our ancestors, as they...

🚸 Safety First 👷

      This week, leading up to 9/11, has presented so many challenges to our well-being.  Cataclysmic hurricanes, a massive earthquake, news of a potentially culture-crushing data breach, all have unleashed their fury on a innocent populace within a few...

🍎 Apples & Oranges 🍊

“everything that can be invented has been invented.” Charles H. Duell, Commissioner of US patent office in 1899 How does  the foodservice supply chain reinvent itself?  Where do new products come from? Manufacturers seldom create from “whole...

🌀 Changes Blowin’ in 🌀

“The only thing that is constant is change” Heraclitus once said.  You have certainly taken notice that disruptions great and small are occurring with an ever-accelerating frequency, rendering a new normal on a daily basis. 2017 will go...