Charles Fallon

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Canada's Grocery Wars

February 21, 2014 BY Charles Fallon

An article this weekend in the Montreal Gazette showed that this was an exciting time to be a food shopper in Quebec. Basically, the food retail...

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trackyourbud [dot] com

January 20, 2014 BY Charles Fallon

Supply chain folks, like me, will find Budweiser’s latest marketing campaign – www.trackyourbud.com – irresistible.

Enter the code on your beer in...

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Sysco + US Foods – The Competition Reacts

January 06, 2014 BY Charles Fallon

Last month, Sysco announced its acquisition of US Foods. The stock market swooned and investment analysts uniformly praised the move to create a...

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Sysco + US Foods Means a New Foodservice Landscape

December 10, 2013 BY Charles Fallon

Sysco buying US Foods gives the foodservice industry a completely different complexion. Any company competing for market share with this newly-made...

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Did Amazon Just Jump the Shark?

December 03, 2013 BY Charles Fallon

In a gushing profile last week on 60 Minutes, Amazon’s CEO Jeff Bezos announced that the company planned to deliver stuff in 30 minutes or less using...

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Capital Wasteland

November 15, 2013 BY Charles Fallon

One of our clients needs 200,000 sq.ft in a specific corner of the United States. This week, the search team criss-crossed 2 states, visiting a...

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Capital Wasteland

November 15, 2013 BY Charles Fallon

One of our clients needs 200,000 sq.ft in a specific corner of the United States. This week, the search team criss-crossed 2 states, visiting a...

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Thank a Distributor for the Food on Your Plate

October 08, 2013 BY Charles Fallon

IFDA’s annual Distribution Solutions Conference starts this weekend in Orlando. As it happens, that’s Canadian Thanksgiving too. So while my family...

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e.Coli outbreak highlights need for product traceability

September 26, 2013 BY Charles Fallon

The latest outbreak of food-borne illness began at a raw milk cheese production facility in British Columbia. Sadly, health officials have since...

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Harvard Business Review Screws it Up

September 17, 2013 BY Charles Fallon

This article from Harvard Business Review is the kind of thing that gives distribution executives shivers down their spine. Picture your company’s...

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