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- 18 Jan 2018
- News
The Lessons of All-Day Breakfast
experience at McDonald's. The other piece was alignment. Alignment plays a really important role. And so the conversations, the side conversations, the helping people get more comfortable, being good at listening to their concerns and then trying to address those. I... View Details
- 22 Feb 2024
- News
GCC Crossroads Aims for a Bright Future; Seattle Alumni Talk Leadership in Tech; Italy Preps for European Alumni Summit
Clubs News Clubs News Crossroads Forum Explores Future of Gulf Region More than 1,300 public and private leaders convened in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia on January 30 and 31 for the Crossroads GCC Future Impact Forum, co-hosted by the HBS Club of the Gulf Cooperation Council... View Details
Keywords: Margie Kelley
- 01 Mar 2018
- News
Every Trick in the Book
with plans for at least three more in 2018. (The company also expanded its commitment to a physical retail presence with the purchase of Whole Foods Market in 2017.) For 20 years, physical bookstores have... View Details
Keywords: April White
- 01 Dec 2022
- News
Full Court Press
Dakar, Senegal, and Giza, Egypt, and observing the impact inside and outside the stadiums. “Just this season, we have engaged more than a hundred local vendors, entrepreneurs, and freelancers,” covering everything from uniform production to View Details
Keywords: Dan Morrell
- 01 Mar 2014
- News
In My Humble Opinion: Ian Calhoun (MBA 2010)
direction, you're not going to end up with great results." Favorite food memory: Helping out with ravioli for Thanksgiving, chicken cacciatore in winter. "My grandmother is Italian." Post-work meal: Eaten around 11 p.m. or later, often at... View Details
- 01 Jun 2020
- News
Meal Plan
Image by John Ritter In 2019, US restaurants topped $860 billion in revenues; prior to COVID-19, Americans spent more for food away from home than food purchased for at-home consumption, whether it be a... View Details
- 01 Feb 2000
- News
Jerry Shafir: A Simmering Success Story
Boston's Legal Sea Foods restaurant chain, where he met his future partner, Christopher Nessen. A production chef at the company, Nessen provided the culinary and technical expertise for Kettle Cuisine. He was well acquainted with the... View Details
Keywords: Deborah Blagg
- 01 Dec 2014
- News
Innovation: Frozen Assets
knew she was onto something when her son started snagging Luvo meals from the freezer after school. “This is a space where the consumer is actually ahead of the food industry,” Day says. “We have the opportunity to disrupt the View Details
Keywords: Janelle Nanos
- 03 Mar 2020
- News
Can This Man Change the American Diet?
average American consuming 3.1 servings of meat daily, Muir (MBA 2004) realized that food was a place he could make a difference. In 2008 he started Clover Food Lab with the goal of making vegetables... View Details
Keywords: Agriculture
- 10 Mar 2021
- News
Action Plan: Brewing Awareness
at the bars of Harvard Square—and carried that affinity with him to New York, where he took a job in finance at Perella Weinberg. At a Whole Foods located on the first floor of his apartment building, Murad... View Details
- 01 Mar 2006
- News
Entrepreneur's Notebook with Paul Conforti and Kim Moore (both MBA '97)
Names: Paul Conforti and Kim Moore (both MBA ’97) Company: Finale Dessert Company (established 1998) Locations: Park Plaza, Boston & Harvard Square, Cambridge Web: www.finaledesserts.com With vision, fortitude, and a whole lot of... View Details
- 01 Mar 2005
- News
House of Bread on the Rise
ground daily on the spot. The sample board, always filled with fresh bread slices, gave customers the chance to try the regular and seasonal favorites, including Grandma’s White Bread, honey whole wheat, cinnamon swirl, nine-grain, and... View Details
- 01 Jun 2009
- News
The Maestro and the Market
with Julián Villanueva and Luc Wathieu (PMD 72, 1997). “Another view is that the product is the whole experience, from start to finish — so driving for two hours in the mountains is a crucial aspect of the product.” The case also... View Details
- 01 Oct 2001
- News
Q&A: Orin Smith
the quintessential entrepreneur." When Schultz purchased the Starbucks name and assets in 1987 for $3.8 million, the company, founded in 1971, had six retail stores that sold whole bean coffee, tea, and spices. Three years later, there... View Details
- 01 Sep 2011
- News
The Spangler Effect
to meet Mr. Spangler, and we thanked him for the amazing building. What was really neat about the whole morning was he was so interested in hearing about what we were studying, and what cases we were doing. You could really feel how much... View Details
- 01 Dec 2020
- News
Steady as She Goes
customers interact with our team and how our team members view themselves. Celebrating that has become an important part of our year.” The events of 2020 meant putting aside financial concerns temporarily and focusing on community needs. During the fires, that meant... View Details
- 07 May 2020
- News
Ensuring Student Equity
learning programs, food and other basic resources, and health services for more than 1,200 children each week in this underserved community. “We had to rethink the operation of our food pantry. We had to... View Details
Keywords: Jennifer Gillespie
- 09 Jun 2017
- News
Curating the Cuisine of Southwest China
was extraordinary, just because of the upcoming Olympics and China entering WTO. The whole world was looking at China, so my venture really timed it very well, unintentionally. After the Olympics, inbound travel going to China tapered out... View Details
- 27 Aug 2019
- News
Sweating It Out in Philly; Whiskey Flights in Portland
exclusively on stretching. After the 50-minute workout, guests enjoyed a brief cool-down with healthy refreshments, followed by an hour-long discussion. “Teaching this group was a lot of fun,” says Freeman. “It was a whole new experience... View Details
Keywords: Margie Kelley
- 01 Jun 2002
- News
History Matters
companies like Intuit, Heinz, and Whole Foods benefited from following these maxims. “Past experience offers several landmarks to help guide marketers' thinking as they plot a course through choppy strategic... View Details