Ep. 24. We’re out. What do you want me to do, pull it out of thin air?
The phone rings very early. Too early. And it’s not just any phone: it’s the mobile phone of a well-known...
THE BLOG OF THE
FRESH PRODUCE BUSINESS
Ep. 23. Fresh Produce: Poker or Chess?
It gets harder and harder for me to explain, in plain words, why the fresh produce business is so complex....
Ep. 22. The Islands of Efficiency
I came across Niklas Modig (a professor and researcher at the Stockholm School of Economics) by the TED talk he...
Ep. 21. The Lavish History of the Pineapple
You’ll remember that in Episode 15 I used the banana to illustrate the concept of strategically aligned supply chains. Well,...
Ep. 20. The Entropic Sector. Why Does Your Fresh Produce Business Drift Towards Chaos?
Allow me an analogy that I believe captures the essence of many of our problems. Imagine that your fresh produce...
Ep. 19. The Omnivore’s Dilemma. Why Is It So Hard to Innovate with Fruits and Vegetables?
Welcome to a new episode of Freshconomics Podcast. Today we’re going to talk about how our prehistoric hominid brain explains...
Ep. 18. Loss Leaders. When Your Product Becomes the Bait
One of any retailer’s central obsessions is getting people through the door. This is what the trade calls “footfall”, the...
Ep. 17. Statistics, Surveys and Other Lies
Quite some time ago I remember reading a viral tweet from an American dentist that made me laugh out loud....
Ep. 16. Our Weakness Is Our Strength
Today I want to talk to you about something that sounds like a contradiction: the idea that our greatest weakness,...
