Publications

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

14 Nov 2019
News

Making the Food of the Future

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... View Details

Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman; Food & Beverage

February 2019 (Revised January 2020)
Supplement

Pierre Foods Acquisition of Advance Foods (E-1): Employment Agreement—Employer Perspective

By: Guhan Subramanian and Mike Harmon

February 2019 (Revised April 2024)
Case

Pierre Foods Acquisition of Advance Foods (D-2): Credit Agreement—Lender Perspective

By: Guhan Subramanian and Mike Harmon

February 2019 (Revised January 2020)
Supplement

Pierre Foods Acquisition of Advance Foods (C-2): Stockholders' Agreements—Minority Perspective

By: Guhan Subramanian and Mike Harmon

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

June 2023 (Revised December 2023)
Simulation

Hometown Foods Pricing Calculator

By: Julian De Freitas and Jeremy Yang

HBS website digital supplement to case 522-087. View Details

April 1989
Background Note

World Food System Graphics

By: James E. Austin

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22 Jan 2015
News

Food Safety in Numbers

February 2019 (Revised January 2020)
Supplement

Pierre Foods Acquisition of Advance Foods (E-2): Employment Agreement—Employee Perspective

By: Guhan Subramanian and Mike Harmon

September 2010 (Revised January 2016)
Case

Grameen Danone Foods Ltd., a Social Business

By: V. Kasturi Rangan and Katharine Lee

Grameen Danone is a joint venture between the Grameen Group (a sister company of Grameen Bank) and Groupe Danone, a $2 billion (revenues) French food company. The company's goal was to provide nutritional yogurt (brand name Shoktidoi) for the nearly 50 million... View Details

Keywords: Business Model; Social Entrepreneurship; Food; Distribution; Supply Chain Management; Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact; Food and Beverage Industry; Bangladesh; France

November 1999 (Revised March 2000)
Case

Sam Huttenbauer: Entrepreneurship in Food Preservation and Nutraceuticals

By: Ray A. Goldberg, Carin-Isabel Knoop, Stacey J. Bell and David Benedict Pearcy

Sam Huttenbauer is trying to get two companies, in high-pressure food preservation and in nutraceuticals, off the ground. This case covers strategic, marketing, and financing challenges. It also looks at innovative technologies in the food industry and the role of the... View Details

Keywords: Corporate Entrepreneurship; Food; Problems and Challenges; Corporate Strategy; Marketing; Finance; Technological Innovation; Commercialization