Month: August 2012

Pig Wings: Creating Demand In A New Category

August 31, 2012 Eddie Yoon, Harvard Business Review

Americans love chicken wings. Last year they ate three billion pounds of the sauce-covered poultry products. Buffalo Wild Wings, a Minneapolis-based restaurant chain that specializes in wings, has a market cap in excess of $1 billion. Great Sea, my favorite wing place in Chicago, makes Korean-style wings that are so addictive they have wall of fame for most wings consumed by one person in a sitting. (The record is 90.) Americans also love pork. So why not combine those two loves and create an innovative new type of food: Pig wings? …

The Grower's Box: Improved Global Logistics & The Procurement Of Fresh Cut Flowers

August 31, 2012 The Grower's Box

As summer fades to fall, brides planning for fall and winter weddings will be able to draw from a larger selection of once ‘out of season’ wholesale flowers and wedding flowers thanks largely in part to improved world-wide logistics …

Tropical Storm Isaac's Floods Are Big Setback For Plant Nurseries

August 31, 2012 Susan Salisbury, Palm Beach Post

Tropical Storm Isaac’s floods led to the disappearance of several thousand plants at Dave Self’s Wyld West Nursery. “I probably had 5,000 of my plants just up and float down the river,” Self said Thursday. Like the owners of the rest Palm Beach County’s 450 or so plant nurseries, Self needs more time to assess the damage the storm left behind, but it appears to be extensive and substantial. …

Monrovia Announces New & Exclusive Plant Varieties For Spring 2013

August 31, 2012 Monrovia

Monrovia, the leading grower of premium garden plants, has anounced eight exclusive and three semi-exclusive new plant varieties for 2013. According to Nicholas Staddon, director of new plants, Monrovia is known for seeking out improved varieties that have better pest or disease resistance; interesting flower or foliage color; are more prolific in blooming or fruiting; or perhaps with a superior shape or habit. …

Wisconsin Fuel Up To Play 60 Leaders Selected

August 31, 2012 The Wisconsin Milk Marketing Board

River Ridge student Hope Schier and teacher Shane Sperle were recently chosen as the Wisconsin Student Ambassador and Wisconsin Advisor of the Year for Fuel Up to Play 60. Fuel Up to Play 60 is an all-school nutrition and physical activity program sponsored locally by Wisconsin Milk Marketing Board and Green Bay Packers. …