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- 01 Sep 2003
- News
Patrick Moreton
So it’s not clear that consolidation necessarily limits consumer choice. But if news or opinion is sold like supermarket cereal, there’s only room on the shelves for what most pleases most people. Ideally, the public interest would... View Details
- 13 Mar 2018
- First Look
March 13, 2018
No abstract available. Purchase this case:https://cb.hbsp.harvard.edu/cbmp/product/715035-PDF-ENG Harvard Business School Case 118-076 Whole Foods and JANA Partners In 2017, JANA Partners decided to launch an activist campaign at struggling View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 09 May 2017
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New Research and Ideas, May 9
U.S. consumers. Despite years of offering samples to consumers, modifications to the naming and packaging design, the addition of new flavors, changes in the supermarkets where it placed its product, and offering retailers slotting... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 01 Sep 2007
- News
Riding It Out
contaminated. “We had been following the dog food recall, which centered around contaminated wheat gluten, a cheap dog food ingredient used primarily in supermarket brands,” explains Gisholt. “But we were totally shocked to discover that... View Details
- 17 Aug 2010
- First Look
First Look: August 17
expenditures, to manage earnings to meet or beat key benchmarks. This paper examines this hypothesis by testing how different types of marketing expenditures are used to boost earnings for a durable commodity consumer product, which can be easily stockpiled by end... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 15 Dec 2015
- News
The Year in Ideas 2015
it resists bruising. For consumers, that means increased convenience—potatoes can be prepped in advance—and reduced food waste. The White Russet marketing campaign is unique, too. When the company introduced the potatoes into supermarkets... View Details
- 19 Mar 2015
- News
Walter Salmon Remembered
grocers, drug stores, and discount stores like Costco. Peter asked me (a banker) what I thought of supermarkets accepting credit cards for groceries. I said that the grocery margins (~1%) wouldn’t support the discounts on card purchases,... View Details
- 20 Nov 2015
- News
Room to Grow
culling its inventory from the excess food other supermarkets and suppliers typically throw away. The Kendall Foundation also supports CommonWealth Kitchen, which offers food entrepreneurs a place to incubate new businesses without the... View Details
Keywords: Margie Kelley
- 03 Feb 2009
- First Look
First Look: February 3, 2009
to supermarket deli departments. In 2008, he was convinced that the time was right to make a big push in the fresh food area to satisfy consumers that were demanding more convenient, natural, good-tasting, and locally-grown foods. Taylor... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 12 Jan 2010
- First Look
First Look: Jan. 12
actions. Combining supermarket scanner data with firm-level financial data, we find evidence that differs from prior literature. Instead of reducing expenditures to boost earnings, soup manufacturers roughly double the frequency and... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 21 Aug 2018
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, August 21, 2018
case:https://hbsp.harvard.edu/product/518066-PDF-ENG Harvard Business School Case 118-074 Whole Foods Under Amazon In August 2017, Amazon acquired Whole Foods Market for $13.7 billion. Whole Foods was struggling with high costs and faced growing competition from... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
- 01 Dec 2016
- News
Vive la Madeleine!
yield; internet sales (limited to France and Belgium) and distribution to regional gourmet stores and supermarkets account for the rest. Capacity—and distribution—are the next challenges for Jeannette. “Today the factory is working well,... View Details
- 02 Oct 2015
- News
The ‘F’ Word
(the company that invented voicemail); Jane Fonda’s Workout; and Playboy TV/Video, my most instructive failure was during my year as product manager of Tostitos. Top management had decided that we would implement a “trial size” promotion in View Details
Keywords: Walt Disney Studios
- 01 Jun 2000
- News
The Business of Biotech
could replace the painful prick of a vaccination needle. And as "delivery vehicles" for medicines proliferate, new distribution channels, such as supermarkets and health clubs, could offer products alongside the more established sources... View Details
Keywords: Julia Hanna
- 01 Mar 2013
- News
Opening the Door
consumer-driven system would require transparency in health-care quality and costs. Can you imagine shopping in a supermarket where you don't know products' prices or ingredients? In the 1930s, President Roosevelt created the SEC to... View Details
- 05 Mar 2020
- News
Green Light
includes the shoe bath, the growing units’ double-door protocol, and the lab coats. Better defenses mean decreased loss and, therefore, higher yields. By the fall of 2015, FreshBox had six production units and was distributing its leafy greens to the local Roche Bros.... View Details
- 04 Jun 2007
- Research & Ideas
Is Health Care Making You Better—or Dead?
and we're giving it in tax-sheltered ways so you can use your own money, and we're also giving you a great supermarket that has very good products in it." So I think that will happen. There's always a tipping point, and we've hit the... View Details
- 10 Mar 2009
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First Look: March 10, 2009
Combining supermarket scanner data with firm-level financial data, we find evidence that differs from prior literature. Instead of reducing expenditures to boost earnings, soup manufacturers roughly double the frequency of marketing... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace