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	<description>Where Sauerkraut does his thinking about the fresh produce value chain &#38; beyond</description>
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		<title>Kiwi Connections</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Our table at the 20th anniversary celebration of United Fresh last week. Sara, the Kiwi from Iraq; Rosie, the Kiwi with Chinese heritage and the extended digit belonging to an Italian Kiwi, coz he felt he needed to make a few comments about green asparagus just as Shirner, the Kiwi from South Africa, took the photo. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Food Prices, Food Prices</title>
		<description><![CDATA[There has a lot of talk in the media recently, and in homes too I&#8217;m sure, about the escalating food prices and the price of fresh produce in particular. Here are just two of the recent articles, one from the NZ Herald and one from the Business Desk of One News.  In essence, fresh produce gets [...]]]></description>
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		<title>An Amazing System Without A System!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Tiffin Wallahs are the people in India who deliver hot lunches to people at work. Tiffin Wallah translates as – “one who carries the box”. Tiffin is an old English word for a light lunch, and also the name of the multi-compartment metal lunch box that carries it. Tiffin Wallahs originated over a century ago [...]]]></description>
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		<title>&#8220;Bauhaus&#8221; Style Advertising</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Snapped in the Wynyard Quarter at the Auckland Waterfront &#8211; &#8220;Bauhaus&#8221; style advertising. Very minimalistic, 1950’s truck, definitely selling food… but what food????  Do all the attributes matter? Yep! But understanding what’s for sale wouldn&#8217;t be a bad idea either &#8230;]]></description>
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		<title>The Ingenious Fruit Seller</title>
		<description><![CDATA[A few weeks ago I explored the Wynyard Quarter &#8211; one of the new areas of Auckland’s waterfront which has been revitalised and transformed for the public to enjoy. While wandering around I came across this customised fruit cart which immediately caught my eye. This cart is no different to a typical roadside fruit seller [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Look How Far We Have Come</title>
		<description><![CDATA[An industry colleague with more gray hair than I have, turned up at a recent United Fresh meeting with a copy of the June/ July 1982 issue of what was the Grower magazine. He thought might interest me.  Yeah right! Ten points for those who guessed correctly: yes, that is me on that cover. While not wanting to dwell [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Role of Fruit &amp; Veg in Society</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I have discussed fresh produce pricing on a number of occasions &#8211; as those who visit here regularly will have noticed. Well, I had an epiphany last week.  I think I have the answer to the problem of fresh produce pricing&#8230; I was listening to the segment on National Radio where they rattle through the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>How to get your product noticed</title>
		<description><![CDATA[One of my team happens to watch TV3&#8242;s reality series &#8220;Under The Grill&#8221;.  This is a show which has a UK born Aussie celebrity chef &#8211; Sean Connelly - racing to build, staff, supply etc a brand new restaurant at SkyCity in 100 days ready for the Rugby World Cup.  Tuesday  night&#8217;s episode (23 August &#8211; episode [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Have iPad, will travel</title>
		<description><![CDATA[At the recent HortNZ Conference&#8230;. Coffee breaks are a great venue for catching up with colleagues and acquaintances.  Debbie Hewitt, HortNZ Director from Hawkes Bay and Andrew Fenton, HortNZ President and celery enthusiast wanted to have a look at some of my Chinese supermarket photos.  And thanks to the iPad, we did not have to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>A Moving Billboard</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Known in the US as &#8220;vanity plates&#8221;, personalised number plates have been sold very successfully in New Zealand for some years now &#8211; even I have one.  So long in fact, that the company behind them has developed several marketing ploys to entice people into buying one. The one I am thinking of in particular [...]]]></description>
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