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- May 1986
- Supplement
General Mills, Inc.: Yoplait Custard-Style Yogurt (B)
By: John A. Quelch
Yoplait's director of new product development is finalizing plans for the national introduction of custard-style Yoplait. Based on the results of a mini-market test and a BASES laboratory test market. View Details
Keywords: Food; Product Launch; Product Development; Product Marketing; Food and Beverage Industry; United States
Quelch, John A. "General Mills, Inc.: Yoplait Custard-Style Yogurt (B)." Harvard Business School Supplement 586-088, May 1986.
- September 1985
- Case
H.J. Heinz Co.: Plastic Bottle Ketchup (B)
By: John A. Quelch
The Heinz Ketchup product manager discovers she does not have sufficient finished inventory and production capacity to meet trade demand for a new plastic bottle ketchup. Alternatives include cancelling promotion events and putting the trade on allocation. View Details
Keywords: Distribution; Crisis Management; Innovation and Invention; Product Marketing; Food and Beverage Industry
Quelch, John A. "H.J. Heinz Co.: Plastic Bottle Ketchup (B)." Harvard Business School Case 586-036, September 1985.
- April 1982
- Case
Total Cereal
By: Stephen A. Greyser and John A. Quelch
Keywords: Food and Beverage Industry
Greyser, Stephen A., and John A. Quelch. "Total Cereal." Harvard Business School Case 582-114, April 1982.
- September 1980
- Teaching Note
Dunkin' Donuts (C), Teaching Note
By: Hirotaka Takeuchi
Keywords: Food and Beverage Industry
- October 1979 (Revised May 1980)
- Case
Dunkin' Donuts (B): Field Management
By: Hirotaka Takeuchi
Takeuchi, Hirotaka. "Dunkin' Donuts (B): Field Management." Harvard Business School Case 580-036, October 1979. (Revised May 1980.)
- July 1979 (Revised April 1980)
- Case
Dunkin' Donuts (A): Company Background
By: Hirotaka Takeuchi
Keywords: Food and Beverage Industry
Takeuchi, Hirotaka. "Dunkin' Donuts (A): Company Background." Harvard Business School Case 580-035, July 1979. (Revised April 1980.)
- February 1967 (Revised December 1980)
- Case
Quaker Oats Co.: Life Cereal
By: Walter J. Salmon
Keywords: Food and Beverage Industry
Salmon, Walter J. "Quaker Oats Co.: Life Cereal." Harvard Business School Case 513-157, February 1967. (Revised December 1980.)
- May 1989 (Revised September 1989)
- Case
Jacobs Suchard: Reorganizing for 1992
By: Robert G. Eccles Jr.
Jacobs Suchard, the Swiss-based coffee and chocolate producer, is preparing for the common market and EEC 1992. At the time of the case, the company is still organized toward independent, local country markets, and believes it must move toward a more global... View Details
Keywords: Organizational Change and Adaptation; Expansion; Organizational Structure; Markets; Global Strategy; Food and Beverage Industry; Switzerland
Eccles, Robert G., Jr. "Jacobs Suchard: Reorganizing for 1992." Harvard Business School Case 489-106, May 1989. (Revised September 1989.)
- November 1981 (Revised October 1985)
- Supplement
General Foods: Food Service Division (C)
By: John P. Kotter
Keywords: Food and Beverage Industry
Kotter, John P. "General Foods: Food Service Division (C)." Harvard Business School Supplement 482-102, November 1981. (Revised October 1985.)
- March 1992 (Revised April 1996)
- Teaching Note
Peanut Butter Fantasies, Teaching Note
By: Amar Bhide and Myra M. Hart
Teaching Note for (9-391-072). View Details
Keywords: Food and Beverage Industry
- April 1991 (Revised August 1995)
- Supplement
Cat Fight in the Pet Food Industry (B)
By: David J. Collis
Describes the contest for the takeover of Anderson Clayton as industry players compete for one of the seven major dog food makers. View Details
Keywords: Business or Company Management; Bids and Bidding; Competition; Corporate Strategy; Food and Beverage Industry
Collis, David J. "Cat Fight in the Pet Food Industry (B)." Harvard Business School Supplement 391-195, April 1991. (Revised August 1995.)
- March 1991 (Revised April 1995)
- Case
IBP and the U.S. Meat Industry
By: David J. Collis and Nancy Donohue
IBP, the largest U.S. beef and pork processor, is facing deteriorating earnings and undertakes a fundamental strategic review in 1990. Having grown from its founding in 1961 to its current position as a low cost, innovative producer of boxed beef, and more recently... View Details
Keywords: Business or Company Management; Product; Competition; Business Earnings; Geography; Vertical Integration; Corporate Strategy; Food and Beverage Industry; United States
Collis, David J., and Nancy Donohue. "IBP and the U.S. Meat Industry." Harvard Business School Case 391-006, March 1991. (Revised April 1995.)
- July 1988
- Teaching Note
Kentucky Fried Chicken (Japan) Ltd., Teaching Note
Teaching Note for (9-387-043). View Details
- January 2002
- Article
How Snapple Got Its Juice Back
By: J. A. Deighton
Keywords: Food and Beverage Industry
Deighton, J. A. "How Snapple Got Its Juice Back." Harvard Business Review 80, no. 1 (January 2002).
- December 1986 (Revised December 1993)
- Case
Johnsonville Sausage Co. (A)
Describes the evolution of Johnsonville Sausage through a generation of management and from a small operation to a large concern of over 500 employees. Describes how each of the functional areas in the firm has evolved, and how its structure and systems have changed... View Details
Keywords: Organizational Change and Adaptation; Business or Company Management; Transformation; Growth and Development; Food and Beverage Industry
Roberts, Michael J. "Johnsonville Sausage Co. (A)." Harvard Business School Case 387-103, December 1986. (Revised December 1993.)
- January 1977
- Case
Mackintosh Chocolate Co. (C)
Keywords: Food and Beverage Industry
Schleifer, Arthur, Jr. "Mackintosh Chocolate Co. (C)." Harvard Business School Case 177-165, January 1977.
- January 1977
- Case
Mackintosh Chocolate Co. (B)
Keywords: Food and Beverage Industry
Schleifer, Arthur, Jr. "Mackintosh Chocolate Co. (B)." Harvard Business School Case 177-164, January 1977.
- 03 Mar 2014
- HBS Case
Decommoditizing the Canned Tomato
Consumers in the United States are so increasingly into fresh, local, and carbon neutral that if someone figured out how to grow a tomato that could walk itself to the grocery store, they'd be a millionaire. So why is Mutti S.p.a., a tomato processing company based in... View Details
- October 1988
- Case
Harris Seafoods Leveraged Buyout
Describes set of issues confronting Alison Lassiter, who is trying to help Charlie Harris arrange a leveraged buyout of the shrimp company he runs, a division of a publicly traded company, Katy Industries. Lassiter has prepared a memorandum discussing and analyzing the... View Details
Keywords: Leveraged Buyouts; Venture Capital; Financing and Loans; Equity; Cost vs Benefits; Negotiation Tactics; Negotiation Preparation; Financial Management; Strategy; Management Analysis, Tools, and Techniques; Planning; Food and Beverage Industry; Food and Beverage Industry
Sahlman, William A. "Harris Seafoods Leveraged Buyout." Harvard Business School Case 289-019, October 1988.
- August 2024
- Case
Coca Cola İçecek—Managing a Sudden Turbulence
By: Felix Oberholzer-Gee, Namrata Arora and Gizem Cihan Dincsoy
In November 2021, Kerem Kerimoğlu, Coca Cola İçecek (CCI) Group Supply Chain Development Director, is alarmed by a news headline revealing a shortage of Turkish truck drivers impacting Europe. This crisis quickly affects CCI's distribution as third-party logistics... View Details
Keywords: Business Strategy; Logistics; Supply Chain Management; Crisis Management; Distribution; Food and Beverage Industry; Food and Beverage Industry; Turkey; Central Asia; Middle East
Oberholzer-Gee, Felix, Namrata Arora, and Gizem Cihan Dincsoy. "Coca Cola İçecek—Managing a Sudden Turbulence." Harvard Business School Case 725-368, August 2024.