#cargills

The Cargill family is a prominent American family known for their wealth and influence in the agriculture industry. The family traces its roots back to William W. Cargill, who founded what would become the Cargill company in 1865. The Cargill company is now one of the largest privately held corporations in the United States, involved in various aspects of the food and agriculture industry,…

Bad Shop Days at Cargills

This article appeared in the Gripe Corner section of The Nation on Sunday September 2 2012

In the two years since I wrote this, things have got worse rather than better. The fundamental problem is that there is no “management” in the sense of awareness, supervision, monitoring towards the main objective of pleasing customers. To take our nearest branch as an example. There used to be a named…