Assignment: Fish, Food and Legal Sea Foods
Listen to the Econtalk podcast interview, "Roger Berkowitz on Fish, Food, and Legal Sea Foods.
Answer the following questions in your own words using full sentences. Brief, but thorough answers are ok.
A. Why did Berokowitz' family eventually go into the fish market business?
B. Berkowitz learns that he is in the "fish business" and not actually the restaurant business. Explain what he means by R-O-G.
C. Berkowitz states that "My business is fish It's sourcing, handling, and value adding." What sorts of tests does he put his products through?
D. Why is Berkowitz critical of the "Seafood Watch" list and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration?
E. Why is sonar a better technology for fish assessments? And why did the Federal government choose not to use it?
F. Berkowitz could have vertically integrated his business... He states that fishmen are conservationists at their core... People are willing to pay more for a good product. What sorts of things must he know about the fishermen he does business with?
G. What are the benefits of nitrogen in commercial freezers? How does it differ from technology used in the past?
H. Berkowitz is asked, "How do you decide what portion to serve," what are customers/millennials/boomers really looking for in terms of portion size?
I. Why does Berkowitz refer to his restaurants as a "group" rather than a "chain?"