Groceries - Publications - Faculty & Research

07 Jul 2016
News

Rescuing Fresh Food to End Hunger in Australia

Australia’s largest supermarket chains, as evidence of success. The grocery giant makes weekly food donations from 550 of its stores and enjoys significant employee engagement. “What we do with Coles is the best example in Australia—and... View Details

Portrait Project

Molli Hourihan

Bring worlds together through food. Create brands that brighten lunch boxes and delight grocery aisles. Produce advertising and labels that tell the truth. Balance the delicate recipe for raising children with one Catholic and one Jewish... View Details

15 Mar 2024
News

Hungry for Change

As a management consultant at Kurt Salmon, Kate Flynn (MBA 2012) often worked with clients in the packaged food industry. She saw customers asking for healthier and more sustainable foods, and she herself was seeking better options. From that hunger, Sun & Swell was... View Details

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HBS Hacks: Solving For The Future of Work in San Francisco

Collaborate with fellow HBS alumni to create the actionable solutions to one of societys most vexing challenges. View Details

29 Dec 2014
Research & Ideas

Most Popular Articles and Research Papers of 2014

How Grocery Bags Manipulate Your Mind People who bring personal shopping bags to the grocery store to help the environment are more likely to buy organic items—but also to treat themselves to ice cream and... View Details

18 Nov 2016
Blog Post

CPD Global Market Update: Singapore

corporate sponsorship of hackathons to help identify new and exciting internet-enabled ventures. There has been a flurry of recent high-profile mergers, with Lazada soon to be acquiring online grocery provider Redmart, and Alibaba now... View Details

Keywords: All Industries

30 Jul 2019
News

Turning Around Tesco

The British-based grocery chain Tesco—the third-largest retailer in the world—recently marked its 100th anniversary with a record-setting, 30-hour dance relay in Wembley Stadium. There were other reasons to celebrate, too: The chain is... View Details

Keywords: Tesco; Food and Beverage Stores; Retail Trade

01 Mar 2023
News

Family Recipe

cheap. “Our sausage was 39 cents a pound in 1913,” notes Jones. “I believe that would make it about $8.50 per pound today.” (It runs more like $5.99 in most grocery stores.) With a continued focus on small-batch, high-quality products,... View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna; family business; leadership; food manufacturing; Food Manufacturing; Manufacturing

01 Feb 2000
News

Jerry Shafir: A Simmering Success Story

vegetables and to package, chill, and ship the finished product, there is constant motion in Kettle Cuisine's cramped but immaculate Somerville, Massachusetts, kitchen. The 11,000-square-foot facility supplies more than two thousand restaurants and View Details

Keywords: Deborah Blagg

Portrait Project

Jon Rudoe

their lives better. My first task is to help my future employer make shopping for groceries easier and more efficient. I'm not really sure what comes next, but I plan for it to be challenging and fun. I plan to help British education... View Details

Portrait Project

Ade' Lawal

wealth-creating use. My third great accomplishment will be simply the way I live. Besides aiming to live above my intellectual means, but within my financial means I would like to live my life in an exciting and exemplary way. I intend to run a marathon, hike the other... View Details

23 Jan 2017
News

The CEO Who is Perking Up Peet’s Coffee

In a profile of Peet’s Coffee CEO David Burwick (MBA 1989), the East Bay Times details the company’s growth under his watch: Since 2013, annual sales have jumped from $395 million to almost $800 million, 70 new locations have been added, and the company began selling... View Details

12 May 2016
News

Food Rescue Is on a Mission

forensic accounting, the ability to adapt to clients’ needs, especially on such an enormous scale, is crucial. He points to SecondBite’s relationship with Coles, one of Australia’s largest supermarket chains, which joined the food-reuse effort. The View Details

Keywords: Jill Radsken

11 Sep 2000
Research & Ideas

Riding the Internet Fast Track

customer will buy his or her next car from them, and at that, a second purchase could well be years away. While many firms are clearly bent on getting big fast, some competitors are adopting a get-it-right-first strategy instead. One such company, Streamline.com, a... View Details

Keywords: by Peter Jacobs

02 Apr 2008
Research & Ideas

Four Companies that Conquered America

retailer, to enter the U.S. market with the new Fresh & Easy chain of discount grocery stores. Avoiding geographies where Wal-Mart is entrenched, Tesco has so far opened 50 stores in the growth markets of California, Nevada, and... View Details

Keywords: by John Quelch

17 Mar 2022
Research & Ideas

Navigating Tradeoffs: How Purpose Becomes a Company's ‘Lighthouse in the Storm’

afford groceries is the reason we see so much plastic in grocery aisles today. “Despite our best efforts, Gotham Greens is a small company with limited influence in the packaging sector. Changing the... View Details

Keywords: by Ranjay Gulati

06 May 2021
Blog Post

The Extraordinary Things We Do on Ordinary Days: A Mother’s Day Tribute

I’m teaching her to say “hi” to people at the grocery store. To smile as we pass people on the sidewalk. To open the door for anyone behind her. To ask someone how their day is going and to mean it. These things are part of me and I want... View Details

01 Jun 2000
News

Priceline's Jay Walker: The Future is Wow

entertaining," Walker said. Priceline.com, a consumer-to-business Web site launched in 1998, sells groceries using the same "name your price" scheme it uses to sell surplus airline tickets and hotel rooms to travelers. Online shoppers are... View Details

01 Jun 2015
News

Case Study: Sneak Peak

to help launch the product once they created a commercially viable recipe. In January 2013, they debuted their chocolate milk shake in the natural grocery channel (including Whole Foods Market and Sprouts Farmers Market). Over the course... View Details

Keywords: Whole Foods; Beverage and Tobacco Product Manufacturing; Manufacturing; Food and Beverage Stores; Retail Trade

28 Apr 2020
News

Lessons from a COVID Survivor

Allow yourself to lean and be seen. Ruparell’s lifeline came from a broad network of friends and colleagues, who provided physical and emotional support, including grocery delivery and encouraging text messages during her illness. Let go... View Details

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