Distributing fresh tomatoes can be a bit complicated because some them will be sold directly or indirectly to the buyer, the distribution chain for fresh tomatoes is multifaceted, considering that all tomatoes have to be checked for the right size and quality. One tomato supply chain called the Red Tomato is a network where growers harvest, process, pack, and store their tomatoes before it is delivered to retail produce markets which they do in two ways; one way is by direct store delivery and they
What may something seem as an unusual behavior might be part of someone else’s culture? For example, “United States spends ridiculous amount of money in professionals athletes especially baseball and football but in Spain people gather to play in La Tomatina.”(Mills 1959, p.
We live in a globalized yet diverse world where people want to hold on to their unique culture and traditions. Christians celebrate Christmas; Muslims celebrate Eid. One of the most important events in the Spanish society is the grand Tomatina Festival, where participants throw tomatoes at each other. In India, people celebrate the spring festival, Holi, by coloring each other’s faces and clothes with dry powder and colored water. While graduation is a huge event in the US, whether it is from kindergarten
Fermin. No one is sure when the festival began, but it was documented in the 14th century when it seems the festival was held on October 10th. In 1591, the festival of San Fermin was moved to 7th of July when the weather is better for the event. La Tomatina is also a festival from Spain. On the last Wednesday of August, thousands of people from around the world crowd into the tiny town of Bunol in eastern Spain for the world’s greatest tomato fight. It’s a short lived events starts at 11am stops at
friends and family members. The importance of masculinity creates a defined gender role for male Spaniards. The celebration of religious holidays in Spain allows the culture to attend to religious duties and also as recreational functions, such as La Tomatina (a giant Spanish food fight). Language is crucial to the Spanish culture because there are numerous regions in Spain that have twists to the language. For example, the biggest regional dialect is Castilian Spanish; however, the Basque, Galician and
INTRODUCTION Snap, founded in 2012 as a mobile application called ‘Snapchat’, has become a golden child of this social media era. In basic terms, Snapchat is an ephemeral natured messaging app which allows its users to send and receive self-destructing, short spanned photos and videos from their friends or followers. One may find this feature quite naive but Snap has come a long way from being just a photo-video sharing app to rightfully being listed as one of the most innovative companies of 2017