Food system managers express frustration over the seemingly simplistic and yet complicated demands coming from consumers. In many ways, their demands are oblivious to the challenges and hard-fought accomplishments of the industry.Food system managers express frustration over the seemingly simplistic and yet complicated demands coming from consumers. In many ways, their demands are oblivious to the challenges and hard-fought accomplishments of the industry as they are at the same time erroneously swayed by the misinformation coming from foodie evangelists. Yet the market moves in many ways to accommodate a myriad of well-meaning if ill-conceived notions. To avoid relatively harmless pesticide residues and minor transportation costs, urban an...
The Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) released the Consumer Price Index (CPI) on Wednesday. In July, the CPI rose 0.1 percent, seasonally adjusted, and rose 3.4 percent over the last 12 months, not seasonally adjusted. The index for all items less food and energy, or the “core” infla...
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Accountability and a comprehensive approach to export programming
WPI’s team helped construct a strategic approach to develop, implement, and track promotional activities in 8 key regions across the globe for an agricultural export association. With continued progress measurement and strategic advisory services from WPI, the association has seen its ROI from investments in promotional programming increase by 44 percent over the past 5 years. Not only does this type of holistic approach to organizational strategy provide measurable results to track and analyze, it fosters top-down and bottom-up organizational accountability.