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09 May 2018
Research & Ideas

A Simple Way for Restaurant Inspectors to Improve Food Safety

Restaurant inspectors can be the last line of defense between you and moldy bread. (HighLaZ) Simple tweaks to the schedules of food safety inspectors could result in hundreds of thousands of currently overlooked violations being... View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel; Food & Beverage; Food & Beverage

09 Apr 2019
News

Finding a Fix for Food Allergies

photo by Stu Rosner Food allergies affect 30 million Americans and one in 12 children, sometimes triggering life-threatening reactions. Yet there are no approved FDA treatments or cures. These sobering facts became alarmingly real to... View Details

Keywords: Jill Radsken

February 1977
Background Note

Food Marketing: What Role for Nutrition?

By: James E. Austin

Keywords: Marketing; Food; Nutrition

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03 Aug 2022
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Opinion: Food Inflation Remains Stubbornly High in U.S. and Europe

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New Technologies and the Future of Food and Nutrition

By: Ray A. Goldberg

Ray A. Goldberg has been investigating the impact of new technologies on, and the functioning of, the global agribusiness system in the twenty-first century. He is currently developing a seminar to bring scientists, business leaders, academics, and consumer... View Details

15 Aug 2019
News

Finding a Fix for Food Allergies

Life-threatening food allergies affect 30 million Americans and one in 12 children, and yet there are no FDA-approved treatments or cures. These sobering facts became alarmingly real to Elise and Greg Bates (both MBA 2000) four years ago... View Details

November 2016 (Revised March 2018)
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Note on the Impact of Millennials on the Food System

By: José B. Alvarez, James Weber and Natalie Kindred

In 2016, the millennial generation (those age 19 to 35 in 2016), the largest generation by population in the U.S., was entering its prime home buying, family forming, earning and spending years. This generation was showing different beliefs and behaviors than previous... View Details

Keywords: Millennials; Consumer Packaged Goods; Food; Age; Consumer Behavior; Agribusiness; Demographics; Values and Beliefs; Consumer Products Industry; Agriculture and Agribusiness Industry; Food and Beverage Industry; United States

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05 Jan 2017
Cold Call Podcast

The American Food Paradox: Growing Obese and Going Hungry

Keywords: Food & Beverage

January 1984 (Revised January 1994)
Teaching Note

Breakfast Foods Corp. (A), Teaching Note

By: David E. Bell

Keywords: Food and Beverage Industry

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November 1981
Supplement

General Foods: Food Service Division (B)

By: John P. Kotter

Keywords: Food and Beverage Industry

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November 2008 (Revised August 2010)
Case

Whole Foods Acquires Wild Oats (A)

Examines the implications of Whole Foods' CEO's anonymous message board postings including its potential impact on the company's proposed merger with Wild Oats. View Details

Keywords: Forms of Communication; Acquisition; Communication Strategy; Food and Beverage Industry; Food and Beverage Industry

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March 2016
Case

Advanced Leadership Pathways: Doug Rauch and the Daily Table

By: Rosabeth Moss Kanter, Peter Zimmerman and Penelope Rossano

Former Trader Joe’s President Doug Rauch developed an innovative idea to address the challenge of food insecurity, food waste, and nutrition. His concept was a new retail grocery model, offering nutritious affordable food to a food insecure population in the inner city... View Details

Keywords: Food Waste; Poverty; Food Security; Food Labeling; Nonprofit; Food; Social Entrepreneurship; Social Enterprise; Nonprofit Organizations; Nutrition; Health

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September 2007 (Revised June 2008)
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Food Security and The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints

By: Ray A. Goldberg and Eliot Sherman

The Mormon Church focuses on self-reliance and being prepared for emergencies. Part of their program encourages each member of the Church to have a reserve food supply on hand at all times. Given U.S. and global food stock levels, is the Church program a good model for... View Details

Keywords: Food; Globalized Markets and Industries; Crisis Management; Logistics; Programs; Religion; United States

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