Claudia St. John on improving retention, reducing turnover, career pathing and more — State of the Produce Manager Series

We're delighted to have as our guest on this week's episode Claudia St. John, the founder and CEO of consulting, recruiting and training firm The Workplace Advisors. As regular listeners might recall, The Produce Retail Podcast host Ashley Nickle recently published the first-ever State of the Produ…

Veteran produce director Josh Padilla on forced distributions, merchandising and options, labor and more

We're delighted to have returning to the podcast as our guest today Josh Padilla, a veteran produce director who most recently led the produce team at Marketplace Bermuda. Josh has also led produce at Citarella in New York and at Gerrity’s in Pennsylvania. His career has also included Krasdale Food…

Dave Mitchell on career pathing — State of the Produce Manager Series

If you're a regular listener, you might recall we surveyed more than 200 produce managers a while back and recently released the first-ever State of the Produce Manager report based on the findings of that survey. One of our takeaways was on the importance of career pathing for produce managers. In…

Behind the scenes of the flourishing floral departments of Fortinos

We talk a lot on this podcast — advocate, quite frankly — about the amazing returns that come from investing in training and education for frontline professionals, particular produce managers. In this week's episode, we bring back Kevin Climie, senior director of produce and floral at Fortinos, to …

Harps VP of produce operations Mike Roberts on supporting produce managers — State of the Produce Manager Series

We're delighted to have Mike Roberts, vice president of produce operations at Harps Food Stores, as our guest on this episode of The Produce Retail Podcast. Mike, a former produce manager himself and a longtime champion of professionals in that role, joins the show to discuss with The Produce Retai…

2023 Highlights from the Executive Perspective Playlist

As 2023 draws to a close, we're taking the next few weeks to look back at some of the excellent conversations we've been delighted to host on this podcast. This episode, which features some of the highlights from our Executive Perspective playlist, includes snippets from discussions with Caitlin Ti…

Schnucks VP of produce and floral Mike Tipton talks local, new pilot program, digital shelf tags

We're delighted to have as our guest on this week's episode Mike Tipton, vice president of produce and floral at Schnuck Markets. Schnucks recently announced a pilot program called Fresh Produce Now, which allows customers using the grocer's app to receive notifications when favorite local produce …

Scott Schuette breaks down the underrated opportunity of sampling

We're delighted to have as our guest this week longtime produce retail executive Scott Schuette. Over the last 35-plus years Scott has served in leadership roles with Fresh Thyme, Sprouts and Bashas. He’s been recognized as Produce Retailer of the Year and Specialty Food Retailer of the Year. He’s …

Josh Padilla, director of produce for Marketplace Bermuda

We're delighted to have as our guest on this week's episode Josh Padilla, director of produce for Marketplace Bermuda. Josh has also led produce at Citarella in New York and at Gerrity’s in Pennsylvania. His career has also included Krasdale Foods, Whole Foods Market and Pathmark Supermarkets. In t…

Rubinette Produce Market's Josh Alsberg on assortment, local farms and being an ambassador for produce

We're delighted to have as our guest on this week's episode Josh Alsberg of Rubinette Produce Market. Josh was recognized this year by the International Fresh Produce Association as part of its Retail Produce Manager Awards Program. In this conversation, Josh and The Produce Retail Podcast host Ash…