March 2011
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El Boletón by Paul Knapp 5/7/2010
Older Boletón… almost a year. Good to compare this year’s Pernil prices.
B A J A N D O L O S P A N T A L O N E S
There is a lot of action and reaction to the pricing of Pernil for Mama this year. The following chart indicates Pernil special prices last week compared to this week … . .
SUPERMARKETS PERNIL … LAST WEEK PERNIL …THIS...
High oil will stunt Puerto Rico’s recovery from 5 year depression: http://bit.ly/fUqRrP (in Spanish) despite retail sales increase Nov2010
WatchVideo muy corto, pero muy bueno y muy bien redactado.
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El Boletón by Paul Knapp 3/17/2011
RAMIFICATIONS … SPECULATION … UNCERTAINTY …
… are but a few of the terms that describe the consequences of the disaster that has crippled Japan, the third largest industrial nation in the world. The only immediate impact within the food market place could possibly be an increase and/or decrease in the cost of agricultural products. Marian Diaz in the March 16 edition of EL...
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El Boletón by Paul Knapp 2/25/2011
“´BECAUSE THEY’RE STUPID “ …
… was the reply of a Danish supermarket operations expert when asked on a CNBC supermarket documentary on Monday night at 8:00 o-clock, as to why many supermarkets have not utilized larger shopping carts when research indicates that customers will buy 40 % more products when using the larger carts. The reluctance to use larger shopping carts is...
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El Boletón by Paul Knapp 2/14/2011
S I T U A C I O N D E I N D U S T R I A … (CONTINUED)
LA GRAN DIFERENCIA … Corporate Supermarket Chains … Independent Supermarket Chains. The trend in the local market is obvious. Corporate chains are in a descent, while Independent chains are ascending at a rapid rate, occupying stores formerly operated by Corporate chains. Several years ago it was PUEBLO “biting the...
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El Boletón by Paul Knapp 3/9/2011
IT’S KNOWN AS A CONUNDRUM …
… that is confronting those individuals who are responsible for procuring fresh pernil for Mother’s Day this year. Meat specials without fresh pernil for Mother’s Day is a No Brainer. There are current “rumors” circulating that one of the more aggressive and price conscious supermarket companies is contemplating the purchase of 25 trailers of fresh pernil...
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El Boletón by Paul Knapp 3/4/2011
ECONO… JUST LIKE… “CLANCEY”
There is an Irish tune played for the celebration of San Patricio Day March 17 … that relates to both ECONO & CLANCEY. … titled “ Clancey Lowered The Boom”. It goes something like this … “When Clancey got his Irish up … Clancey lowered the boom. O leary delivered ice to Mrs. Clancey’s flat… they always sat around to talk...
“Many times he has expressed my sentiments exactly.”
– Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel, upon meeting @dansinker, the man behind his profane fake Twitter account, @MayorEmanuel. (via officialssay) 