FreshDirect: Ready to Deliver [PDF]
(Another Baseline article.) FreshDirect is an online grocer -- it has survived the hardtimes that online grocers have faced. Webvan went out of business. FreshDirect survived, but just barely. It has stumbled with some of its processes and technologies. Its website still crashes, data is still in disparate systems -- but there is hope. So far the company has stuck with serving New York City only -- it's saving its expansion dreams for when it has worked out all the bugs.
Of Movies ...
Some movies that I have an interest in this month -- I will not get to them all. X-Men III: The Last Stand -- 'nuff said! No Logo - Brands, Globalization & Resistance -- based on the book of the same title, this movie is playing at the Bloor Cinema on June 29 & 30. Sophie Scholl: The Final Days -- the story of Germany's most famous anti-Nazi heroine , who, as part of the White Rose, was dedicated to the downfall of the Third Reich. The movie plays at the Bloor Cinema from June 25-27. Thank You For Smoking -- playing at the Bloor Cinema from June 23-37. Tsotsi -- a look at life in the ghettos outside of present-day Johannesburg, South Africa, through Tsotsi, a young thug. There is redemption for Tsotsi, and the film won the 2006 Oscar for Best Foreign Language Film. It plays at the Bloor Cinema on June 14 & 16. Why We Fight -- a documentary that explores why America goes to war and the role of the military-industrial complex. This played today at the ...
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