Charlie Arnot discusses how earning consumer trust can lead to the development of a social license, allowing processors to operate with minimal formalized restrictions from society. In this episode, he tells processors why operating with a social license, and maintaining that license, is crucial to business and the bottom line.
Charlie Arnot is CEO of the Center for Food Integrity and President of CMA, a consulting company with offices in Missouri, Iowa, Indiana and Ohio. The Center for Food Integrity is a national non-profit organization dedicated to building consumer trust and confidence in today’s food system. In his role as president of CMA, Charlie and the CMA team work with companies and associations across the food system in issues management, public relations, strategic facilitation and marketing communications. Charlie spent 10 years as vice president of communications and public affairs for Premium Standard Farms, has worked for a public-relations agency, was an award-winning radio journalist and worked in video and film. To contact him, e-mail Charlie@cmakc.com or call (816) 556-3122.
Michael Uetz, principal, Midan Marketing, and Merrill Shugoll, president of Shugoll Research, drill down into their latest research on consumer buying habits and its correlation with meat and poultry sales. Andy Hanacek, editor-in-chief of The National Provisioner, discusses the conclusions with Uetz and Shugoll in an exclusive, one-on-one interview at the AMI Expo 2011, following their educational session at the show, Wednesday, April 13. For more information on the research, visit www.midanmarketing.com or www.shugollresearch.com.