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- 01 Aug 1998
- News
High Honors
to marketing director at General Mills from 1977 to 1986, when Philip Morris scooped her up for its General Foods division (which later merged with Kraft Foods). There she served in marketing posts and ultimately as a general manager. In... View Details
- 03 Aug 2022
- News
Hungry for Change
company metrics of which she’s particularly proud. The ultimate goal is to build a circular food system, one in which you buy a good-for-you snack in a compostable bag, and that bag turns back into rich soil... View Details
Keywords: April White
- 15 Mar 2024
- News
Hungry for Change
particularly proud. The ultimate goal is to build a circular food system, in which you buy a good-for-you snack in a compostable bag and that bag turns back into rich soil to grow more food. “We hope to move... View Details
D. Wayne Calloway
Calloway is credited with streamlining PepsiCo’s organization, empowering its employees at all levels, and generating substantial growth. Under his leadership, Calloway organized PepsiCo into three major business units: soft drinks, snack... View Details
Keywords: Food & Tobacco
Roger A. Enrico
Enrico helped to transform PepsiCo through a number of major initiatives including the spin-off of its fast food restaurant chains (Tricon), the acquisition of Tropicana, and the initial public offering of its bottling business. Through... View Details
Keywords: Food & Tobacco
- 06 Jul 2015
- News
Lights! Camera... Market!
snack his company produces from the potatoes grown on the very farm featured in the movie. While not a single package of Terra Chips graced the screen, the company’s behind-the-scenes financial, marketing, and distribution support of the... View Details
- 19 Nov 2014
- News
Helping refugees make it in America
At the healthy snack foods company they cofounded, Marius Andersen (MBA 1999) and his wife, Hilary, provide jobs, health insurance, and a fresh start to refugees in their community. (Published November 2014) View Details
Donald M. Kendall
Kendall secured PepsiCo’s rapid growth through effective management and diversification. During his tenure, PepsiCo’s Frito-Lay became the leader in salted snack foods, and its Pizza Hut, Taco Bell and Kentucky Fried Chicken chains gained... View Details
Keywords: Food & Tobacco
- 01 Jun 2017
- News
Surveying Students’ Summer Plans
be part of GE just as it’s relocating its headquarters to Boston.” Graham Fairbairn (MBA 2018) Hometown: Sydney, Australia Destination: General Mills, Minneapolis “I come from a consumer packaged goods background and have had the privilege of selling some of... View Details
Keywords: Julia Hanna
- 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
- 01 Sep 2011
- News
The Spangler Effect
around food and drink. A frequent campus visitor, Dick Spangler remembers the day in Dean Clark’s office when the subject of a campus center first came up. “The Dean said, ‘I need to talk to you about something. Let’s walk over here to... View Details
- 01 Dec 2016
- News
Vive la Madeleine!
been imagining for the next phase of his career, but the story moved him. He had fond memories of snacking on madeleines as a young child—most likely Jeannette madeleines, although he couldn’t be certain. The son of a construction worker,... View Details
- 29 Aug 2017
- Blog Post
3 Insights from My First Year at HBS
me to think in this way. 3. I Followed My Passions This summer I have been working on starting up Chaku Foods Limited, a consumer goods food brand from Ghana that creates delicious View Details
- 01 Jun 2018
- News
Ink: Alumni Books and Recommendations
introduction in the early ’90s of low-fat cookies and other healthier snack foods under the SnackWell’s brand for Nabisco. In the first year, SnackWell’s grew to a $400 million business. Store managers had... View Details
- 24 Jul 2019
- Blog Post
Growing the Seeds of an Early-Stage Startup
The company aims to transform health food with a lesser known super-seed (Sacha Inchi), which has a superior nutritional profile compared to most conventional nuts and seeds. The mission was to do this not just through its products, but... View Details
- 01 Mar 2006
- News
The Little Ice-Cream Company That Could
snacks are the company’s most recent innovations.) By mid-1994, Dreyer’s fulfilled its dream of becoming the leading premium ice-cream brand in the United States — a mixed blessing. “As we approached a billion dollars in sales, it was... View Details
- Profile
Laura Sandoval
General Mills. There, she worked on two snack brands, Larabar and Food Should Taste Good, before rotating to a sales marketing role in Philadelphia. “My biggest lesson during that time? The critical... View Details
- 25 May 2016
- Blog Post
Favorite Memories from HBS
activities like rock climbing, golfing, and running a sprint triathlon - all of which I grumbled good-naturedly at, but which I secretly really enjoyed. And I’ll remember trying to start a packaged snack start-up, spending hours over... View Details
- 08 May 2018
- First Look
First Look at New Research and Ideas, May 8, 2018
Case 518-064 A Note on the Snack Food Industry This note provides an overview of the snacking industry in 2017. Purchase this case:... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 01 Mar 2004
- News
Kilimanjaro
cameras, and snacks (chocolate, in several cases). The temperature was mild, and the air was humid. Tired at the end of the day, they relaxed and ate dinner, getting to know each other. The summit, conversely, began several days later at... View Details