"As many food company executives are still figuring out how to implement radio frequency identification (RFID) technology, a data collector has put 500 case studies online to help them learn from the best - and the worst - in the industry."
AGRICOLA FNI 92002562, American science-media relations and regulatory changes concerning nutrition have an influence on the scientific community and the food industry in the UK. This article discusses several of these factors.
"In a rather confined set of circumstances, findings indicate it is always in the best interest of the food company to comply with activists' demands. More frequently, however, there will be cases where compliance is not optimal, depending on the size of the expected effect of protest, cost of defending against protest, and the cost of protest to the activist."
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 108 Document Number: C10141
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search from AgEcon., Working Paper 97-01, 17 pages; Adobe Acrobat Adobe Acrobat PDF 107K bytes, Efficient Consumer Response (ECR) is an industry-wide, collaborative initiative to re-engineer the grocery supply
chain. This report presents findings from a study of ECR adoption in Minnesota grocery stores. Data were collected through interviews with managers of forty stores that are broadly distributed over store sizes, locations, and organizational forms. The interviews focused on business practices and technologies related to inventory management and ordering, shelf-space allocation and product assortment decisions, and product pricing and promotions. Findings are presented from three distinct perspectives: (1) stores grouped by location (metro and out- state), (2) stores grouped by rganizational form (corporate chain, independent chain, and single store), and (3) stores grouped by levels of an ECR "readiness index" that indicates the level of adoption for key business practices and technologies that support ECR initiatives. The following general conclusions can be drawn from the detailed results presented in this report. 1. Location in the Twin Cities metropolitan area makes an important difference in implementing some components of the ECR initiative. On average, metro and out-state stores differ little with respect to store size or the adoption of technologies that support ECR. Metro stores are much more likely than out-state stores, however, to coordinate shelf space and product assortment decisions and pricing and promotion activities with outside trading partners. 2. On average, stores that are part of a chain, especially a large corporate chain, are making faster progress toward implementation of ECR initiatives than are single stores. However, three independently owned single stores were also among the most innovative of those we visited. In these stores, it appears that a visionary, energetic owner/manager is able to quickly respond to new opportunities. 3. ECR adoption and superior performance are closely associated. Stores with a high ECR "readiness index" have much higher sales per labor hour, sales per square foot, and annual inventory turns. We cannot determine whether ECR readiness leads to better performance or better performance makes it easier to adopt business practices and technologies that support ECR. We can conclude, however, that competitive forces will almost certainly drive more stores toward adoption of a wider range of technologies and business practices that support the ECR initiative. In summary, ECR is changing the way Minnesota grocers do business, and adopting ECR practices goes hand-in-hand with better financial performance. Findings from this study suggest that stores of any size and organizational form that are willing and able to adopt new technologies, to develop cooperative relationships with their trading partners, and to respond to the unique needs of their customers will increase their chance of success in this competitive market.
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 110 Document Number: C10584
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2 pages
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Posted on Department of Plant Agriculture, University of Guelph, Canada, The Biotechnology Knowledge Center, Reference No.: 2463, The Agri-food community.
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 157 Document Number: C25541
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AFX UK Profeed via Food Safety Network. 1 page., Food retailers report positive results from use of animal-friendly and "certified humane" labels and logos.
2 pages., Author suggests that today's online auction sites in the consumer area may provide patterns for agribusiness in the years ahead. Describes three sites: eBay, Overstock.com and Woot.com.
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 147 Document Number: C23424
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From the Institute for Rural Journalism and Community Issues, University of Kentucky, Lexington. 1 page., Report from an economic session of "Rural America, Community Issues," a conference programmed by the Institute for Rural Journalism and Community Issues for the Knight Center for Specialized Journalism, University of Maryland, June 12-17, 2005. Focuses, in particular, on the impact of Wal-Mart on rural communities and media.
Dobbins, Melissa Joy (author), Gates, Gail (author), Holdt, Candace (author), Hughes, Karla (author), Slusher, Barbara (author), Spain, James (author), and Department of Food Science and Human Nutrition, University of Missouri, Columbia, MO 65211; Department of Food Science and Human Nutrition, University of Missouri, Columbia, MO 65211; Department of Food Science and Human Nutrition, University of Missouri, Columbia, MO 65211; Department of Food Science and Human Nutrition, University of Missouri, Columbia, MO 65211; Department of Animal Science, University of Missouri, Columbia, MO 65211; Department of Consumer and Family Economics, University of Missouri, Columbia, MO 65211
Format:
Journal article
Publication Date:
1994-03
Published:
USA
Location:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 95 Document Number: C07373
Interview with Michael Jacobson, executive director of the Center for Science in the Public Interest, "one of the most reviled enemies of big food companies."
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 119 Document Number: C13496
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8 p., APEN (Australasia Pacific Extension Network) 2001 International Conference, Oct3-5, 2001, at University of South queensland, Toowoomba, Queensland, Australia
2 pages., Author comments on agribusiness implications associated with an article in Forbes magazine: Seth Lubove, "What will you learn from the food that seduces? More organic than thou."
Chang, Hui-Shung (author), Kinnucan, Henry W. (author), Thompson, Stanley R. (author), and Kinnucan: Associate Professor of Agricultural Economics, Auburn University; Thompson: Professor and Chairman, Department of Agricultural Economics and Rural Sociology, The Ohio State University; Chang: Visiting Assistant Professor, Department of Agricultural Economics and Rural Sociology, Auburn University
Format:
Conference proceedings
Publication Date:
1992
Published:
USA
Location:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 90 Document Number: C06445
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Contains Table of Contents and Forward only; Contains papers presented at the 1989 Commodity Advertising and Promotion Conference; Evans; UIUC library holdings: CMX 659.196413C737, Ames, IA : Iowa State University, 1992. 392 p.
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 150 Document Number: C24237
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From the New York Times via Food Safety Network. 1 page., Cites examples of cooperation between the Environmental Defense Fund and private firms in the food industry, chemical industry and others.
Brown, Les (author) and Cruickshank, Margaret (author)
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Paper
Publication Date:
2001-10-03
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Australia
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Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 118 Document Number: C13469
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10 p., APEN (Australasia Pacific Extension Network) 2001 International Conference, Oct 3-5,2001 at Univ. of Queensland, Toowoomba, Queensland, Australia
Bruhn, Christine M. (author), Cotter, Anne (author), Diaz-Knauf, Katherine V. (author), Sutherlin, Jeanette (author), West, Estella (author), Wightman, Norman (author), Williamson, Eunice (author), Yaffee, Michelle (author), and Bruhn: Cooperative Extension Consumer Food Marketing Specialist, Center for Consumer Research, University of California, Davis, CA; Cotter: Home Economist, Orange County Cooperative Extension, Anaheim, CA; Diaz-Knauf and Yaffee: Department of Consumer Sciences, University of California, Davis, CA; Sutherlin: Home Economist, Fresno County Cooperative Extension, Fresno, CA; West: Home Economist, Santa Clara County Cooperative Extension, San Jose, CA; Wightman: Home Economist, San Luis Obispo County Cooperative Extension, San Luis Obispo, CA; Williamson: Home Economist, Riverside County Cooperative Extension, Moreno Valley, CA
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Journal article
Publication Date:
1992-04
Published:
USA
Location:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 91 Document Number: C06627
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 110 Document Number: C10580
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4 pages
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Posted on Department of Plant Agriculture, University of Guelph, Canada, Presented at the recent Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research (CGIAR) meeting on 'Biotech for Developing Countries' in Washington, DC.
