Errol Schweizer
The Checkout: Grocery Nerds
Formerly The Checkout, Grocery Nerds is the leading source for insider commentary and analysis on the $1.1 trillion U.S. grocery industry. Founded by 30 year industry veteran operator, analyst and O.G. Grocery Nerd Errol Schweizer, Grocery Nerds has four priorities: to demystify the grocery business, including pricing, market segmentation and business operations in the real world-not via academia or public relations B.S.; to platform and hear from essential, front-line grocery workers; to engage with emerging brand innovators and trend leaders; and to hear from independent and cooperative groc...
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Episodes
Episode 140: Grocery Update-Consolidation & Inflation 08.11.2022 39:56
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Episode 139: Dr. Ricardo Salvador 05.11.2022 47:37
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Episode 138: Starbucks Fires Award Winning Barista 30.10.2022 18:57
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Episode 137: Professor Marion Nestle 27.10.2022 33:41
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Episode 136: Matte Wilson on Indigenous Food Sovereignty 24.10.2022 17:27
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Episode 135: Perteet Spencer of Ayo Foods on Collective Entrepreneurship 05.10.2022 21:47
Episode #135 Notes :30 Why did you start Ayo Foods? 4:00 On the reality of starting a startup food business. 6:45 The day to day of Ayo Foods. 10:00 On ‘The Ethnic Food’ aisle. 14:00 Retailers and supporting diverse entrepreneurs. 17:00 The economics of selling to distributors and retailers. 20:00 Closing thoughts. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at ht...
Episode 134: Sarela Herrada of SIMPLi Foods on Building Regenerative Supply Chains 26.09.2022 18:49
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Episode 133: Why BCTGM Local 100G Workers Are On Strike At Ingredion 14.09.2022 49:52
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Episode 132: Roundtable Conversation on How Trade Spend and Slotting Fees Shape The Grocery Industry 07.09.2022 50:36
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Episode 131: Lauren Ornelas on Why Amy’s Kitchen Workers Are Organizing 21.07.2022 47:39
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Episode 130: Why Trader Joe’s Workers Want A Union 15.07.2022 17:03
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Episode 129: Tevita Uhatafe on the Labor Movement 12.07.2022 36:51
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Episode 128: Tommy Carden of Warehouse Workers For Justice 29.06.2022 28:04
Episode #128 Notes 1:00 - What is Warehouse Workers for Justice? 2:45 - What is it like working in warehouses now, especially through COVID? 7:00 - Where does 3PL come into warehouse and supplychain issues? 9:30 - How do campaigns for work organizing get started? 12:00 - What are the campaigns that you’ve helped start? 16:00 - How do you work with warehouse employees to make them better organizers...
Episode 127: Andrew deCoriolis of Farm Forward 21.06.2022 40:34
Episode #127 Notes 1:00 - What is Farm Forward? 2:00 - What is factory farming, and how do you define it? 5:00 - What are zoonatic pandemics? 9:00 - How avian bird flu has affected food prices. 16:00 - On learnings from COVID-19. 19:00 - On transitioning to a better food system, and impacts on the way people access food and eat. 24:00 - On adjusting our diets to reduce meat intake. 29:30 - Farm Fo...
Episode 126: Kamal Bell of Sankofa Farms 16.06.2022 20:16
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Episode 125: Grocery Update- Meat Industry Accountability & Profit Inflation 09.06.2022 26:36
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Episode 124: Johnnie Kallas Talks Data and the Labor Upsurge 07.06.2022 34:03
Episode #124 Notes 1:00 - How did you get into tracking labor strikes as data? 2:00 - Is there an actual labor uprising in the country right now? 4:00 - What is your methodology for data collection for labor strikes? 6:05 - Key findings from Johnnie’s research. 9:00 - What types of industries have been striking recently? 11:00 - What motivates folks to go on strike generally? 14:00 - On distinctio...
Episode 123: FoodTank Presents Magaly Licolli & Gerardo Reyes 02.06.2022 20:16
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Episode 122: Lindsey Allen & Point Of Origin 01.06.2022 43:47
Episode #122 Notes 1:00 - How did you get interested in supply chains? 8:45 - What’s the vision for Point of Origin? 11:00 - Colonization and the food system. 15:10 - Why is food getting so expensive? 18:00 - The war in Ukraine and it’s impact on food and the supply chain. 21:00 - IMF, structural adjustment, and colonization. 28:00 - Examples of what can be done improve and make supply chains more...
Episode 121: Cortlin Harrison On Unionizing Starbucks 24.05.2022 21:48
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Episode 120: Understanding Unionization with Bob Funk of LaborLab 18.05.2022 46:17
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Episode 119: Rosalind Alexander-Kasparik on How Texas Is Still Stealing Black Owned Farmland 09.05.2022 1:11:12
Episode #119 Notes 1:00 - On Alexander Farm in Texas. 3:15 - On the farm’s historical connection to The Pony Express. 9:00 - The family’s connection to cowboys. 17:30 - Tracing the lineage of the farms’ historical roots, and the existential threat to their farm currently. 56:00 - What you can do to help support their farm. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Noti...
Episode 118: Why Kim Kelly Wants Workers To “Fight Like Hell” 01.05.2022 21:56
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Episode 117: Timothy A. Wise On Rethinking The Green Revolution 12.04.2022 45:36
Episode #117 Notes 1:00 - Tim’s background and experience in international agriculture. 2:30 - Defining the Green Revolution and Tim’s recent findings. 5:30 - On donor funded studies and implications. 11:00 - On Ag Tech, philanthropy, and African agriculture. 21:00 - On the war in Ukraine, and potential impact on African agriculture. 32:00 - On GMO discourse. 37:00 - Scientists and Agroecology. 43...
Episode 116: Liz Carlisle & the Deep and Diverse Roots of Regenerative Farming 08.04.2022 45:25
Episode #116 Notes 1:00 - What led you to write Healing Grounds? 4:00 - Why focus on Regenerative, rather than Organic? 6:00 - What is the significance of land, land stewardship, and indigenous land ownership in the US? 10:00 - What is beyond the soil of Regenerative Agriculture? 13:15 - On slavery and food. 18:30 - On the Green Revolution and Food Sovereignty. 18:00 - What’s been the response fro...
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