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- 01 Mar 2015
- News
Fıelds of Gold
the land dedicated to the crop a decade ago. That could be a boon for food lovers globally, but for Luo, the true value of Afghan saffron is its potential to support agricultural development. The question for Earth2Globe: how can it brand... View Details
- 04 Sep 2019
- News
Action Plan: A New ’Cue
opinion of what barbecue is and how it should be made.” How would he please people across the barbecue spectrum? Corsello’s solution was bold. He and his partner Jeff Mauro, of Food Network fame, would serve “creative barbecue.” The... View Details
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- 01 Oct 2001
- News
Carl M. Plochman III: A Savory Success
of antique mustard pots to posters from the Napa Valley Mustard Festival, where the company's product has earned more than a few gold medals. Less expected is the sculpture of a phoenix that graces the office of Plochman's president,... View Details
- 01 Oct 2001
- News
Q&A: Orin Smith
engineering orientation into business. How do you explain Starbucks' success? In the past, coffee was treated as a commodity, with quality secondary to cost. So when we offered a terrific product in an appealing environment, with all the... View Details
- 01 Sep 2009
- News
From Bytes to Bites
which built the large machines that automate the production of cardboard boxes. “I’ve always been wired operationally,” says Thomas, who majored in industrial engineering at Stanford University before coming to HBS. That background,... View Details
- 14 Oct 2014
- News
The Steve Jobs of Beer
- 01 Jun 2015
- News
The End of Cows?
Price is a market barrier for lab-grown beef, with production costs currently exceeding 250,000 euros per burger. (Photo courtesy of Cultured Beef) Price is a market barrier for lab-grown beef, with View Details
- 25 Feb 2020
- News
Beyond the Plastisphere
products such as food containers and shopping bags that could be made with recycled plastic rather than virgin resin, helping to divert more plastic that might otherwise wind up in the ocean. Goodwin says... View Details
- 01 Jun 2009
- News
The Maestro and the Market
team hope to evoke irony, humor, and even childhood memories with their creations. “We have turned eating into an experience that supersedes eating,” he has said. “If the product is merely food, Adrià should move the restaurant to... View Details
- 26 Oct 2017
- News
Can Farming Save the Planet?
total organic product sales in 2015 were $43.3 billion, an increase of 11 percent from the previous year’s record level and far ahead of the overall food market’s growth rate of 3 percent. “We’re a little... View Details
- 27 Nov 2013
- News
No Bologna, Please
Panera Bread chain. "Before we opened the first Panera Cares in Clayton, Missouri, in 2010, we'd focused on food-insecurity issues and given away hundreds of millions of dollars in product and donations," says Panera CEO Ron Shaich (MBA... View Details
- 15 Oct 2019
- News
Understanding Challenges Across the Supply Chain
partnerships or alliances. While in Argentina, Alvarez observed how business leaders have learned to be flexible and creative. “I’m impressed when I talk to people who are keeping their food businesses going, given the turmoil they face... View Details
- 09 Aug 2011
- News
A Toast to Macchu Pisco
elevation to trendiness goes to Melanie Asher (MBA ’03), founder of Macchu Pisco, the Maryland-based company she started back in 2005 with her sister, Lizzie. They import their product from Peru, which is actually overshadowed by... View Details
- 25 Apr 2016
- News
Trail Blazer
Photography by Alexander Rubin Chuck McMinn (MBA 1978) has worked at enough in startups to know that the only guarantee in technology is that today’s hot product will eventually be replaced by more innovative technology. That’s why... View Details
- 19 Sep 2016
- News
A Fresh Approach to Urban Farming
of wastage that you would see in green vegetables when you’re transporting from one country to another. So we end up having a much more productive farm that we can price at a competitive level. “I think about it as getting back to the... View Details
- 01 Mar 2014
- News
Cutting Edge
irrelevance. The company's signature wild cherry–flavored product all but disappeared from retailers' shelves; by 2012, annual revenues had sunk to about $1 million. Enter Steve Silk (MBA 1978), turnaround maestro and patron saint of lost... View Details
- 01 Mar 2006
- News
The Little Ice-Cream Company That Could
his position. He threatened to print on the side panel of every container of Dreyer’s ice cream the following message: “Kraft, manufacturer of such quality products as Velveeta, Cheez Whiz, and the like, has come to us after we’ve used... View Details
- 01 Sep 2010
- News
The Sweet Spot
the clock five days a week. An overnight shift produces hundreds of breakfast pastries and muffins. Later, production shifts to desserts — up to 700 petit pastries, pies, cakes, and dessert bars plus 600–1,000 cookies daily. How sweet it... View Details
- 01 Jun 2012
- News
IPA Meets IPO
KOCH: Putting shares of the company in the hands of the people who really believe in its product. Lots of business executives tout the importance of focusing on the customer. But craft brewmeister Jim Koch (MBA 1974), founder and chairman of the Boston Beer Company and... View Details
- 01 Sep 2013
- News
Who Are We?
and complex amino acids.) 683 alumni work in the agriculture industry 1957 HBS professors Ray Goldberg (MBA 1950) and John H. Davis (MBA 1941) coin the term agribusiness 236 alumni work in the food and beverage industry 2,406 alumni list... View Details