Supermarkets - Publications - Faculty & Research

01 Sep 2020
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Good Odds

additional vans and new production lines to keep up with demand and geographic expansion. But beyond the short-term phenomenon, Behn believes there is no going back, because the supermarket concept is 50 or 60 years old and is overdue for... View Details

Keywords: Jen McFarland Flint; food industry; Food Manufacturing; Manufacturing

15 Nov 2020
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Global Outposts Expand HBS’s Intellectual Footprint

in June, the CEO of leading Colombian supermarket chain Grupo Éxito, Carlos Mario Giraldo, talked about his company’s efforts to help customers, employees, and essential workers. Middle East & North Africa Research Center In May, the... View Details

19 Mar 2015
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Walter Salmon Remembered

grocers, drug stores, and discount stores like Costco. Peter asked me (a banker) what I thought of supermarkets accepting credit cards for groceries. I said that the grocery margins (~1%) wouldn’t support the discounts on card purchases,... View Details

Keywords: Business Schools & Computer & Management Training; Educational Services

01 Mar 2014
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The Solution to the Global Food Crisis Just Might Come from Nigeria

and inferior, which it often is. (It's also sometimes dangerous: An estimated 20,000 people died in 2008 from eating produce treated with poisonous chemicals.) As a result, 90 percent of processed food in Nigerian restaurants and View Details

Keywords: Francis Storrs; John H. Davis; Michael Halse; Crop Production; Agriculture; Administration of Economic Programs; Government; Food Manufacturing; Manufacturing

01 Dec 2016
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Vive la Madeleine!

yield; internet sales (limited to France and Belgium) and distribution to regional gourmet stores and supermarkets account for the rest. Capacity—and distribution—are the next challenges for Jeannette. “Today the factory is working well,... View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna; illustrations by Natalya Balnova

01 Jun 2015
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Higher Ground

in the city, a transportation mode he’s favored since HBS, when he would cycle to the airport before flights back to Mexico City, leaving his bike locked up in front of a supermarket in East Boston. There’s Commander’s Palace, once the... View Details

Keywords: Dan Morrell; Amusement, Gambling, and Recreation Industries; Arts, Entertainment; Health, Social Assistance

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