Media Watch Week of April 14
Thanks to Sean Timberlake for pointing us to the dangers of tweeting about scones. As reported in The Eater April 16 Epicurious’ attempt to respond to the Boston Marathon bombing was about as well thought out as telling the government to stay out of my Medicare. Local Sante Fe & Albuquerque TV news station KOB April 19 report […]
Media Watch Week of April 7
The first of our weekly index with links to stories in the news that NBN thinks you might want to know. Whether you’re looking to impress your friends, embarrass your brand manager or actually trying to learn more before your big meeting take a look below. NOTE: some full stories may require registration or a […]
John Mackey Debates Ayn Rand, Self-Interest and Narcissism
As those regular readers know we have a love hate affair with Whole Foods CEO John Mackey. While we wish more corporations were like Whole Foods, espousing values for more than just stockholders and a triple bottom line approach (people, planet and profit) to success, there aren’t. If there were, Mackey’s consistent willingness to step on […]
Congress Plus Monsanto Equals Rotten, Very Stinking Putrid Rotten
When I first heard the news about Monsanto I hoped that it was misreported, that the watchdog group I first heard about it from was overreacting in a Chicken Little the sky is falling kind of way. If only. Since then I’ve been unable to talk about it, let alone write about it without wondering […]
Big Retailers Exploit More Workers With On-Call Schedules, Adding Margins That The Manufacturer Bill Backs Alone Can’t Achieve
For years its been well known to anyone in the grocery business that one way a lot of supermarkets deal with the ongoing challenge of “making their weekly numbers” has been to cut hours, especially for the highest wage earners and give those low-paid clerks more hours. What we didn’t know is that supermarkets are […]
Whole Foods Scores Another Green Coup, Announces Rooftop Greenhouse in Gowanus Brooklyn Store
Fresh after what many called the company’s groundbreaking rules regarding vendors and GMO transparency, Whole Foods scored another big green thumbs up with its Monday announcement that Gotham Greens would operate what the company stated is “the nation’s first commercial scale greenhouse farm integrated within a retail grocery space.” Gotham Greens current hydroponic operations in […]
Nostalgic for 80’s NYC, Longing for Cannoli & Thoughts About NYC Green Festival
Maybe its because I used to drive a cab in Manhattan in the 1980’s when the city was broke and tranny hookers and sex clubs commandeered the late night meat market streets long before the Apple Store, Japanese designer boutiques and oh-so-haute hotelier sprouted from the loins of the 1%. Like more and more of […]
Wal-Mart’s Growing Grocery Power and Why We Can’t Shop To A Better Economy
We don’t often point our proverbial internet fingers and say read this and pass it on,but today is one of those days. According to the article, published in partnership with the Institute for Local Self-Reliance, “Having gained more say over our food supply than Monsanto, Kraft, or Tyson, Walmart has been working overtime to present itself as a […]
Santa Rosa Newspaper and CNBC Profile Amy’s Kitchen Berliner Family
In a profile of Amy’s Kitchen founders Andy and Rachel Berliner and their daughter and namesake Amy, Santa Rosa California’s Press Democrat also detailed the company’s plans to abandon building a new plant in the low-cost state of South Carolina, 25 year old Amy’s new role with the company and a promise to keep the growing […]