Publications

November 2009 (Revised December 2009)
Case

DaChan Food (Asia) in China

By: Ray A. Goldberg and David Lane

DaChan Food in China is providing leadership in the quality, health, and environmental needs of the Chinese consumer as poultry consumption increases there. Continuing to provide that leadership as global and national competition increase becomes more and more... View Details

Keywords: Agribusiness; Food; Leadership Development; Demand and Consumers; Brands and Branding; Competitive Strategy; Vertical Integration; Agriculture and Agribusiness Industry; Agriculture and Agribusiness Industry; China

Educators

1976
Book

Food and Nutrition Policies in a Changing Environment

By: James E. Austin

Keywords: Food; Nutrition; Change

November 1965 (Revised October 2005)
Case

Kemp Foods Corporation

By: David F. Hawkins and F. Robert Madera

Keywords: Food and Beverage Industry

Educators

2019
Working Paper

Optimal Interventions for Increasing Healthy Food Consumption Among Low Income Households

By: Retsef Levi, Elisabeth Paulson and Georgia Perakis

The federal government currently spends over $100 billion per year on policies aimed to increase fruit and vegetable (FV) consumption among low income households. These include price-, nutrition education-, and access-related interventions. Currently, the government... View Details

Keywords: Bi-level Optimization; Optimal Subsidies; Public Policy; Food Policy; Central Planner; Government Administration; Poverty; Food; Nutrition

SSRN

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November 2001 (Revised November 2001)
Case

Royal Ahold NV: A Global Food Provider

By: Ray A. Goldberg and James M Beagle

Ahold decides how strategy and partnerships will enable it to lead the global food industry for the future. View Details

Keywords: Business Strategy; Globalized Firms and Management; Partners and Partnerships; Food and Beverage Industry

Educators

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

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

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

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

1986
Chapter

Food Marketing Public Enterprises

By: James E. Austin and Michael J. Buckley

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

November 2010
Teaching Note

Belco Global Foods (TN)

By: C. Fritz Foley and Matthew Johnson

Teaching Note for 211033. View Details

Keywords: Managerial Roles; Leadership Style; Trade; International Finance; Globalization; Decisions; Customers; Food and Beverage Industry

February 2003 (Revised November 2003)
Supplement

J. Perez Foods (C)

By: John A. Davis and Kacie LaChapelle

Supplements the (A) case. View Details

Keywords: Food and Beverage Industry

March 1960
Case

Midway Foods Corp. (B4)

By: Edmund P. Learned and Bruce R. Scott

Keywords: Food and Beverage Industry

March 1960 (Revised November 1968)
Case

Midway Foods Corp. (B2)

By: Edmund P. Learned and Bruce R. Scott

Keywords: Food and Beverage Industry

January 1980 (Revised July 1985)
Case

Anderson Clayton Foods (A)

By: Walter J. Salmon and Steven R. Palesy

Keywords: Food and Beverage Industry

February 2019 (Revised January 2020)
Supplement

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

By: Guhan Subramanian and Mike Harmon

April 1979 (Revised July 1985)
Case

Baby Foods Industry--1966-78

By: Michael E. Porter

Keywords: Food and Beverage Industry

May 2018 (Revised February 2019)
Teaching Note

Greg Mazur and the Purchase of Great Eastern Premium Pet Foods

By: Richard S. Ruback, Royce Yudkoff and Ahron Rosenfeld

Teaching Note for HBS No. 211-085. Greg Mazur (HBS 1997) identified a small firm, Great Eastern Premium Pet Food, in December of 1998 that fit his search criteria and decided to offer the seller a cash price of $1.2 million plus an earn-out equal to 1% of revenue over... View Details

Keywords: Acquisition; Entrepreneurship; Financing and Loans; Negotiation Deal; Strategic Planning; Valuation; Analysis