Mark Mulcahy

Organization:

CDS Consulting Co-op

Website:

http://cdsconsulting.coop

Email:

markmulcahy@cdsconsulting.coop

Mark Mulcahy is a produce consultant and a member of CDS Consulting Co-op.

Articles by Mark Mulcahy

The Farmer in the Deli

Issue: #105 March - April - 2003

Janet Zeller of the Sacramento Natural Foods Co-op and I recently led a workshop at the Ecological Farming Conference in California. During the session she described many of the wonderful consumer...

Issue: #104 January - February - 2003 Local produce programs have come a long way in the past few years. Nearly every department I work with these days has some sort of local grower program in place. We all know the reasons for... read more

Sampling Equals Sales and Satisfaction

Issue: #103 November - December - 2002

Do you sample in your produce department? Not just occasionally, when a customer asks or when you think of it, but on a regular basis? Why not? Too busy? Too busy to increase your sales?

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Produce Career: "If You're Gonna Stay, You Gotta Play"

Issue: #101 July - August - 2002

Let's see if this sounds familiar: You set a great produce stand, so beautiful people don't want to touch it.

You are loved by your customers; people come from miles around...

Culture and Community Meet in the Produce Aisle

Issue: #100 May - June - 2002

For thousands of years people and foods from different cultures have been brought together at markets and the dinner table -- mushrooms from caves in France, apples from China. Melons,...

Bioterrorism: A Call to Action!

Issue: #099 March - April - 2002

H	ave you read the latest news stories on food bioterrorism in the US and...

Diamonds in the Rough

Issue: #097 November - December - 2001

S	eek ye the diamond in the rough.

The economy...

Are You Certifiable?

Issue: #094 May - June - 2001

By Mark Mulcahy

One of the hottest topics in the retail environment is how the new Organic Rule will affect us. One of the main areas in...

Got the AM/PM Blues?

Issue: #093 March - April - 2001

Do you have the AM/PM blues in your store's produce section?

I recently bought a new computer, and whenever I do something wrong that doesn't jive with...

Organic Cotton: Growing Need and Supply

Issue: #091 November - December - 2000

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