As food and wellness experts, an article by Louise M. Pollock, President is featured in the 8/9/11 issue of CommPRO.biz. In this news story, Obesity & Marketing: How We Can Help America Tighten the Belt & Get Results, Louise shares insights, key learnings and tips from a recent Pollock Communications survey of weight perceptions in America. The survey of 1,000 Americans by Russell Research was commissioned by Pollock Communications as part of its ongoing work to understand and translate key consumer health and nutrition trends for its clients. The complete article is reprinted with permission by CommPRO.biz:
Archives for August 2011
Pollock Communications Shows Great Taste
PR News recently featured our work to shift the perceptions about MSG safety for our clients, Ajinomoto Food Ingredients and The Glutamate Association, through a science and sensory event with Chef Danny Boome. The article, published in the 8/1/11 issue of PR News highlights the success of Pollock Communications in creating awareness and education among key nutrition and media influencers about the positive attributes of umami (sodium glutamate – MSG) as a safe and effective food enhancer.
The Final Stage of “Sip of Success”

Taylor Caldron, a masters student at the University of Michigan studying sustainable business and winner of the Tea Council of the U.S., “Sip of Success” internship, is in the last phase of his experience. After hands-on adventure in the tea growing regions of Sri Lanka and Kenya, he now is learning the retail specialty tea business with venerable tea family, Harney & Sons, in their tea shop in the heart of New York’s SoHo.
At Harney & Sons, Taylor is learning about the endless varieties of teas sold at this unique specialty tea destination.