grocery - Publications - Faculty & Research

01 Jun 2015
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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

01 Dec 2014
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Forecasting ’15

the scenes for a while. Almost everyone I know in the food packaging and grocery industry is a health nut. People are becoming more aware of their health and have a growing desire to find a way to eat and feel better. That will change... View Details

Keywords: Food Services and Drinking Places; Hospitality; Ambulatory Health Care Services; Health, Social Assistance

28 May 2019
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Action Plan: Border Crossing

sense of place by visiting local grocery stores. In China, my sons loved to see all the different flavors of potato chips—like cucumber, blueberry, and hot-and-sour fish soup!” See the sights—but open your eyes. “There’s nothing wrong... View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna

01 Oct 1998
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Beyond the Numbers

movement, in the mid-1970s Robinson was a strategic financial manager for General Foods' (GF) domestic grocery products. After scanning a decade's worth of data and analyzing GF's investments in new product development, Robinson says he... View Details

Keywords: Eileen K. McCluskey

24 Apr 2014
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Mobile robots revolutionize order fulfillment

distribution center that is quick and low-cost to set up, inexpensive to operate, and easy to change anywhere in the world. An MIT-trained mechanical engineer, Mountz encountered inefficiencies in order fulfillment while working at an Internet-based View Details

01 Feb 1999
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Newman's Own Brand of Charity

job. But Newman voiced some serious concerns about competition from industry giants such as Heinz, Campbell's, and Kraft, along with the skyrocketing price of shelf space in grocery chains. Responding to one student's question about key... View Details

01 Jun 2002
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Steven Murch: Philanthropist-in-Training

and recently created PocketShop, a grocery shopping list program for the Pocket PC. Available at www.sdmventures.com, Murch notes that all profits will go to Habitat and the World Wildlife Fund. Working with Habitat, observes Murch, “has... View Details

Keywords: Margie Kelley; Construction of Buildings; Construction; Health, Social Assistance

04 May 2011
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Recipes from the COC (Chief Operating Cook)

fried cubed paneer (available at any Indian grocery store) or chicken (boneless breast cut into ½ inch cubes) 3 tablespoons Canola cooking oil 1 medium onion, finely chopped 2 cloves garlic, finely chopped 1 teaspoon salt (or to taste) 1... View Details

Keywords: Bulletin; Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services

01 Dec 2022
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I Gave at the Office

ways. Some people might be more willing to give at a grocery store when they ask you to donate at the checkout counter. Other people might not give there but instead respond to a letter or email request. I think, rather than asking what... View Details

Keywords: Religious, Grantmaking, Civic, Professional, and Similar Organizations; Personal Services

05 May 2020
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“Walking a Tightrope”

Subscribe on iTunes Subscribe on Spotify More Skydeck episodes “Who's actually putting those groceries on the shelves still and who's driving the truck to get that food that gets put on those grocery... View Details

04 Oct 2019
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Changing of the Guard at Tesco

chain. Yet the same was true for Lewis, who came to Tesco from Unilever. “I remember people said that I wasn’t a retailer,” he told the Times of London. “I hadn’t been in grocery or a chief executive before, but being a chief executive is... View Details

Keywords: Tesco; Food and Beverage Stores; Retail Trade

01 Oct 1998
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Supplying Demand

whopping $5.2 billion. In creating Staples, Stemberg drew on the knowledge of modern distribution techniques he had acquired during his twelve years in the grocery business. As a vice president with the Jewel Companies' Star Market chain... View Details

Keywords: Paul Michelman

01 Jun 2018
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Research Brief: Lessons from Last Place

Ryan Buell (photo by Russ Campbell) Ryan Buell (photo by Russ Campbell) We all wait in lines—at the grocery store, the bank, or a ticket booth, or on hold to speak to a customer service rep about your cable bill. “By one estimate,... View Details

Keywords: Jennifer Myers

01 Dec 2014
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Innovation: Frozen Assets

bland presentations have led most people to associate ready-made meals with “sacrifice and denial.” With health-care advocates from the Mayo Clinic to Michelle Obama encouraging Americans to shop the perimeter of the grocery store—where... View Details

Keywords: Janelle Nanos

01 Sep 2024
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Turning Point: Make Your Life Count

The morning after one such grocery trip, I decided to crowdsource the money I didn’t have from my sixth-grade peers to get our teacher an end-of-year thank-you gift. This was my moment of clarity. The more my agency grew, the less the... View Details

03 Aug 2022
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Hungry for Change

that hunger, Sun & Swell was born in 2016. “We started with the mission of bringing healthier foods to the world,” says Flynn. But that goal quickly expanded as she began to research the grocery and packaged food industry. Packaged food... View Details

Keywords: April White

01 Dec 2014
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Opportunities Realized Through Fellowships

Michailidis says. “I studied with incredibly competent people and two of them became my business partners. We founded Pushpins while we were still at HBS.” The Pushpins application enables users to scan items in grocery stores and receive... View Details

Keywords: fellowships

31 Mar 2022
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A Community Hunger Solution with Global Ambitions

hundred cities. Our Robins would use free Uber rides to help the senior citizens with essentials like groceries and medicines throughout the lockdown.” The partnership with Uber has grown over the past two years, and the company has since... View Details

01 Dec 1999
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Q & A: Herb Kohl

As a boy growing up in Milwaukee, Herbert H. Kohl (MBA '58) spent afternoons and weekends restocking shelves in his immigrant parents' grocery store. It was good training for Kohl, who joined the family business after graduating from HBS... View Details

Keywords: Susan Young

30 Jul 2019
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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