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18 Nov 2016
Working Paper Summaries

Standardized Color in the Food Industry: The Co-Creation of the Food Coloring Business in the United States, 1870–1940

Keywords: by Ai Hisano; Food & Beverage

April 2007 (Revised May 2007)
Case

John Mackey and Whole Foods Market

By: Nancy F. Koehn and Katherine Miller

Traces the history of organic agriculture from its pre-industrial roots to the present day, and examines the growth of Whole Foods Market in the context of the broader growth of the organic industry. Also investigates John Mackey's role as a founder and leader of the... View Details

Keywords: Leadership; Food; Entrepreneurship; Agribusiness; Food and Beverage Industry; Food and Beverage Industry; Food and Beverage Industry

July 1998 (Revised December 2001)
Case

Jollibee Foods Corporation (A): International Expansion

By: Christopher A. Bartlett and Jamie O'Connell

Noli Tingzon, newly-appointed international division VP at Jollibee, the Philippines-based hamburger chain, is faced with the challenge of expanding fast food operations in Asia in the face of stiff competition. The case describes Jollibee's six-year international... View Details

Keywords: Organizational Change and Adaptation; Motivation and Incentives; Expansion; Global Range; Global Strategy; Food and Beverage Industry; Philippines

October 2010 (Revised November 2010)
Case

Belco Global Foods

By: C. Fritz Foley and Matthew Johnson

This case introduces students to the fundamental issues that managers face when deciding what international trade finance terms to use when transacting with other firms. In late 2009, Pam Arnold, the head of global credit at Belco Global Foods, must decide which trade... View Details

Keywords: Trade; Credit; Financing and Loans; International Finance; Globalized Firms and Management; Food and Beverage Industry

November 1965 (Revised October 2005)
Case

Kemp Foods Corporation

By: David F. Hawkins and F. Robert Madera

Keywords: Food and Beverage Industry

June 1997
Teaching Note

Nutra Foods TN

By: David F. Hawkins

Teaching Note for (9-196-038). View Details

Keywords: Food and Beverage Industry; Food and Beverage Industry

June 2005 (Revised April 2008)
Case

Whole Foods Market, Inc.

By: John R. Wells and Travis Haglock

Can a short-sleeved, sandal-wearing, college dropout create a company manifesting love, joy, and happiness? Chainsaw John Mackey did. This CEO took a five-month sabbatical to hike the Appalachian Trail. More credentials: Sales-per-square foot of $690 and rising. Hiring... View Details

Keywords: Management Style; Motivation and Incentives; Food; Management Practices and Processes; Groups and Teams; Success; Leadership Style; Management Teams; Business Growth and Maturation; Emerging Markets; Food and Beverage Industry; Food and Beverage Industry; Food and Beverage Industry

January 2009 (Revised October 2009)
Case

GLOBALGAP: Food Safety and Private Standards

By: David E. Bell and Mary Louise Shelman

In response to new laws governing liability and several food safety scares in the 1990s, European retailers drove the creation of a universal production standard based on Good Agricultural Practices (GAP) for fresh fruit and vegetables and a third-party certification... View Details

Keywords: Agribusiness; Food; Governance Compliance; Governing Rules, Regulations, and Reforms; Business and Government Relations; Safety; Agriculture and Agribusiness Industry; Europe

June 2010
Teaching Note

Diamond Foods (TN)

By: David E. Bell, Natalie Kindred and Mary Louise Shelman

Teaching Note for 510013.. View Details

Keywords: Cooperative Ownership; Transformation; Advertising Campaigns; Corporate Strategy; Product; Organizational Culture; Food and Beverage Industry

November 1998
Case

Wegmans Food Markets: Diabetes Counseling

By: Ray A. Goldberg, David E. Bell and Ann Leamon

Danny Wegman, president of Wegmans Food Markets, is trying to decide how to evaluate the success of a nutrition-counseling program for diabetics, and whether and how to expand the program beyond the two stores currently involved. Wegmans, with 57 stores and $2.3... View Details

Keywords: Performance Evaluation; Expansion; Programs; Human Needs; Financial Management; Health Care and Treatment; Nutrition; Consumer Behavior; Food and Beverage Industry; Food and Beverage Industry

August 1978
Article

World Food Council at Three Years--Global Food System Manager?

By: James E. Austin and Mitchel B. Wallerstein

Keywords: Food; System; Management; Governance

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February 1986
Case

General Foods Corp.: Project Duck Soup

General Foods must decide whether to acquire Entenmann's Bakery. Price and financing must also be decided. The teaching objectives include analysis of strategic fit, selection of purchase price, and financing method. Another issue is the debt to equity ratio that is... View Details

Keywords: Acquisition; Corporate Finance; Food and Beverage Industry; Food and Beverage Industry

May 2009
Supplement

The World Food Programme during the Global Food Crisis (B)

By: Anette Mikes, Peter Tufano, Eric D. Werker and Jan-Emmanuel De Neve

Keywords: Crisis Management; Food; Non-Governmental Organizations

March 2018 (Revised March 2018)
Case

Clover Food Lab

By: Paul Gompers and Silpa Kovvali

June 2014
Teaching Note

Tesco Group Food

By: Jose B. Alvarez, Damien P. McLoughlin and Mary Shelman

Teaching Note for Tesco Group Food, HBS No. 514-022 View Details

December 2009 (Revised April 2010)
Case

Rabobank: The Global Food and Agriculture Bank

By: David E. Bell, Ray A. Goldberg, Mary Louise Shelman and Aldo Sesia

Rabobank decides to focus primarily on food and agriculture firms and farms on a global basis. View Details

Keywords: Agribusiness; Banks and Banking; Food; Globalization; System; Banking Industry

August 2023
Case

WayCool: Reimagining the Food Supply Chain

By: Paul Gompers and Kairavi Dey

Founded in 2015, WayCool, is an Indian agri-tech start-up that built a B2B operation acquiring fruits and vegetables from product-specific agriculture companies and small-holding farmers. It sold them to business customers, such as local retail stores, restaurants, and... View Details

Keywords: Agribusiness; Digital Transformation; Operations; Business Strategy; Supply Chain; Performance; Business Startups; Growth and Development Strategy; Agriculture and Agribusiness Industry; Food and Beverage Industry; Technology Industry; Web Services Industry; Asia; South Asia

January 2025
Case

Food for Thought: Exiting Russia? (A)

By: Clayton S. Rose, Hugo Etchegoyhen and Lena Duchene

In September 2022, the French food companies Bonduelle and Danone each grappled with the difficult decision of whether to exit Russia following its invasion of Ukraine in February. Both companies were deeply embedded in Russia’s agricultural supply chains and local... View Details

Keywords: Food and Beverage Industry; Europe; France; Russia

1986
Chapter

Food Marketing Public Enterprises

By: James E. Austin and Michael J. Buckley

Keywords: Food; Marketing; Distribution; Public Sector; Government and Politics; Food and Beverage Industry; Food and Beverage Industry

17 Oct 2016
HBS Case

Business Solutions That Help Cut Food Waste

As much as 40 percent of food grown in the United States for human consumption is wasted. Source: Eivaisla After decades of wasteful food practices, where perfectly good food is discarded even as poverty keeps many families hungry, solutions are starting to come... View Details

Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman; Food & Beverage

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