‘Our man in Washington’: Trump in the hands of the Russians
‘Trump est une benediction pour Poutine’
‘Trump is a blessing for Putin’
Ecommerce food Conference 2026
Giuseppe Caprotti, author of the book Le Ossa dei Caprotti, is an expert in the distribution of food and non-food products. He contributed to the modernisation and strategic and organisational development of Esselunga. in large-scale distribution, introducing innovative management tools and food innovation. He is president of the Guido Venosta Foundation, which promotes scientific research, health protection, culture, solidarity and the environment
The best olive oil on the supermarket shelf is 100% Italian
Interesting indicative test of top brands. And in Spain, the world’s leading olive oil producer, the Andalusian cooperative Dcoop, has denounced widespread fraud in Spain over refined olive oils. Which, according to the vibrant accusation, are in some cases mixed with oils of lower value such as pomace and sunflower oils
Jensen Huang (Nvidia) on China and the US
We are witnessing in real time the biggest shift in global economic power. While America debates tariffs, summons its own Fed Chairman to a hearing and spends $380 billion on AI infrastructure with no measurable returns…China has just implemented the most aggressive industrial strategy since the Marshall Plan…
China is building the future. America, unfortunately, seems to be merely discussing it.
Walmart: its market value exceeds $1 trillion
Walmart, the 12th largest company in the world in terms of capitalisation, has a chance to face eternal rival Amazon on an equal footing
US trends via Whole Foods (Amazon) recommendations: fibre is the new protein, tallow is all the rage
Tallow, fibre, protein. And then alcohol, whole milk and meat, with tro every logic but that of the US lobbies
PepsiCo cuts prices on snacks by 15%
The PepsiCo case confirms what was known: many big brands have doped prices and margins in recent years. Not least because a 15% drop means that they had plenty of ‘hay in the farmyard’. PepsiCo was the world’s second largest food producer in 2023, after Nestlé and before the Brazilian meat producer JBS.
Where the world is going: with Amazon, Alibaba, Shein and Temu, trade takes on a geopolitical aspect
Technology platforms are like transnational states: they may perhaps pay fines in the billions, but they will almost certainly never pay taxes equivalent to those paid by their competitors. And they will therefore continue to operate by competing unfairly with them
Ferrero: the hazelnut policy in Piedmont is not sustainable for farmers and does not valorise the Italian product
‘It is necessary to avoid foreign hazelnuts and Piedmontese hazelnuts in the same product’. Ferrero could imitate Barilla that sells pasta with 100% Italian wheat and possibly differentiate: Italian and non-Italian products
Hazelnuts: Ferrero’s environmental dilemma, from Tuscia to Turkey
Sooner or later, Ferrero will also have to address the environmental issue aggravated by the treatment of workers and non-reciprocity in the use of pesticides banned in the EU
Fulvio Pierangelini and Esselunga ravioli
In this article there are several mentions of episodes from Le Ossa dei Caprotti , my book published in 2023 by Feltrinelli: the private-label chicken tortellini, the Zunino affair and the meeting with the ‘world’s best cook’, which enriched me personally but did not bear the desired fruit at Esselunga. Certainly not to the demerit of Fulvio Pierangelini
Parma ham amid new scandals and the PNRR museum
In the face of continuous scandals, the consortia, instead of trying to get the ham out of an image impasse and think about relaunching consumption of Parma ham, making it ‘cool’, as the Iberian jamon has done, prefer to celebrate themselves by doubling the museum (with 600,000 euro from the Pnrr)
