By Elliot Greenberger on November 25, 2009
It’s a time for family. It’s a time for turkey. It’s a time for profit.
Did you know that only the Super Bowl beats Thanksgiving for grocery shoppers for a one-day food event? So why on earth would a grocery store be closed on Thanksgiving?
I couldn’t believe it when I walked up to the Trader Joe’s [...]
Posted in Food, Workplace | Tagged employees
By Elliot Greenberger on September 30, 2009
When a company is as environmentally responsible as Stonyfield, you’d expect them to shout it from the rooftop. But they’re not that kind of company. Truth is, many of Stonyfield’s customers will never know that it was the first dairy processor in the country to pay farmers not to treat cows with synthetic growth hormones [...]
Posted in Environment, Food, Interview, Social Responsibility | Tagged CSR, leadership, social change
By Elliot Greenberger on August 11, 2009
There’s a reason Dean Cycon’s coffee-roasting company, Dean’s Beans, uses 100% fair-trade beans. It’s not because it sounds good in the company tagline, or because it’s popular among the “ethical consumer”. It’s because anything less than 100% would mean that some of the farmers he buys from get the chance to improve their lives and [...]
Posted in Education, Environment, Food, Health, Interview | Tagged charity, coffee, development, social change