Publications

March 2005 (Revised March 2007)
Supplement

Pacific Salmon Company, Inc. (CW)

By: Nabil N. El-Hage and Kenneth A. Froot

RRR, a $1 billion private equity fund, is trying to decide how much to bid for Pacific Salmon Inc. and how to finance the acquisition. View Details

Keywords: Food; Bids; Private Equity; Financing and Loans; Bids and Bidding; Acquisition; Food and Beverage Industry

October 2004
Case

DNA Traceability at Maple Leaf Foods

By: Ray A. Goldberg, Joan McRobbie and Matthew L. Reisman

Maple Leaf Foods is concerned about the bovine spongiform encephalopathy (Mad Cow Disease) issue in Canada and the reputation of Canadian meat products in the domestic and global markets. DNA can now trace products from sow and piglets to consumer pork products.... View Details

Keywords: Food; Globalization; Nutrition; Performance Efficiency; Performance Improvement; Safety; Technology Adoption; Food and Beverage Industry; Canada

March 1989 (Revised June 1993)
Case

Daniel Dobbins Distillery, Inc.

A distiller increases whiskey production and income declines because of accounting methods in use. Questions are raised regarding the treatment of expenditures which can be classified as production, inventory, or period costs. The necessary aging process raises added... View Details

Keywords: Financial Statements; Financing and Loans; Cost; Accounting; Food and Beverage Industry

April 2004
Teaching Note

Gary Rodkin at Pepsi-Cola North America (TN) (A), (B), and (B) (Abridged)

By: David A. Thomas and Ayesha Kanji

Teaching Note to (9-403-080), (9-403-108), and (9-403-109). View Details

Keywords: Food and Beverage Industry; North America

March 2004
Teaching Note

Starbucks and Conservation International

By: James E. Austin, Jane Wei-Skillern and Alexis Lefort

Teaching Note to (9-303-055). View Details

Keywords: Food and Beverage Industry; Mexico

March 2004
Supplement

C&S Wholesale Grocers: The Challenge of Self-Managed Teams

By: Thomas J. DeLong

Keywords: Management Teams; Food and Beverage Industry

January 2003 (Revised May 2003)
Case

Heineken NV: Workplace HIV/AIDS Programs in Africa (A)

This case is the first in a three-part series that explores the multifaceted organizational and strategic choices that companies now face as a result of the global AIDS epidemic. Heineken is considering becoming one of the first companies to offer AIDS drugs... View Details

Keywords: Health Disorders; Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact; Employees; Food and Beverage Industry; Africa

November 2001
Case

Aventis CropScience and StarLink Corn

By: Ray A. Goldberg and James M Beagle

Aventis CropScience responds to the discovery of an unapproved corn variety in food supplies and draws lessons for the company, industry, and governments. View Details

Keywords: Policy; Governing Rules, Regulations, and Reforms; Food; Science-Based Business; Outcome or Result; Governance Compliance; Problems and Challenges; Nutrition; Food and Beverage Industry

June 2001
Case

Gallardo's Salsa

By: Clayton M. Christensen

Keywords: Food and Beverage Industry

February 2001 (Revised May 2001)
Teaching Note

Balance, Inc. (A) and (B) TN

By: Richard G. Hamermesh and Michele Lutz

Teaching Note for (9-801-169) and (9-801-170). View Details

Keywords: Entrepreneurship; Food and Beverage Industry

February 2001 (Revised May 2001)
Case

Balance, Inc. (A)

By: Richard G. Hamermesh and Michele Lutz

Focuses on an entrepreneur who founded a successful health-food store and seeks to expand his retail concept. Illustrates the challenges he faces as he recruits his top management team. View Details

Keywords: Distribution Channels; Executive Compensation; Agreements and Arrangements; Outcome or Result; Recruitment; Management Teams; Selection and Staffing; Food and Beverage Industry

September 2000
Teaching Note

Boston Beer Company: Light Beer Decision TN

By: Joseph B. Lassiter III and John T. Gourville

Teaching Note for (9-899-058). View Details

Keywords: Food and Beverage Industry; Boston

June 1999
Case

Furr's/Bishop's, Inc. (C)

By: Jay W. Lorsch and Katharina Pick

Keywords: Food; Food and Beverage Industry; United States

June 1999 (Revised November 2012)
Teaching Note

Jollibee Foods Corporation (A) and (B) (TN)

By: Christopher A. Bartlett

Teaching Note for (9-399-007) and (9-399-113). View Details

Keywords: Food; Food and Beverage Industry

November 1999 (Revised March 2000)
Case

Florida Department of Citrus

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

The Florida Department of Citrus (FDOC) is a state agency responsible for the welfare of the Florida citrus industry. This case describes the FDOC's efforts to turn around grapefruit juice consumption. Using a health message, Dan Santangelo, the FDOC's new director,... View Details

Keywords: Marketing Strategy; Organizational Change and Adaptation; Change Management; Management Teams; Product Marketing; Demand and Consumers; Food and Beverage Industry; Florida

November 1999 (Revised November 2003)
Case

Fresh Connections

Mary Alice McKenzie is facing numerous issues in growing her Vermont-based fresh-prepared foods business. She must address immediate operational problems--such as bottlenecks and capital equipment decisions--as well as decide on a long-term strategic position. This... View Details

Keywords: Business or Company Management; Production; Food and Beverage Industry; Vermont

September 1999
Supplement

Jollibee Foods Corporation: International Expansion

By: Christopher A. Bartlett

Presents interviews with CEO Tony Tan Caktiong and international division VP, Noli Tingzon, elaborating on issues and raising new issues on Jollibee's global strategy and organization. View Details

Keywords: Managerial Roles; Globalized Firms and Management; Global Strategy; Organizational Design; Expansion; Food and Beverage Industry