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- 09 Jun 2017
- News
Curating the Cuisine of Southwest China
document her recipes. And I thought the food is just amazing, yet it's a region of China that is not very well known. But over the years, those recipes got shelved a little bit. Only two years ago, WildChina was celebrating its 15th year... View Details
John P. Mackey
Through a series of acquisitions, Mackey transformed Whole Foods from a small, niche player in the grocery retail business into a major enterprise. In many ways, Mackey and Whole Foods have brought organic... View Details
Keywords: Retail
- 14 Oct 2015
- News
Blue Apron's Got Big Plans For Dinner - But So Do Its Hungry Rivals
- 01 Mar 2005
- News
House of Bread on the Rise
McCANN: Former defense atforney learned the bakery business from scratch. The lessons Sheila McCann (OPM 24, 1996) learned from the surprising failure of her second House of Bread retail bakery turned out to be an essential ingredient in the company’s subsequent... View Details
Glen W. Bell
Bell foresaw the possibilities for fast food restaurants in the early 60’s, and in so doing, built an 800+ chain business. He is principally responsible for making Mexican fast food (especially tacos)... View Details
Keywords: Restaurants & Lodging
- March 2019
- Supplement
Koita Milk
By: Lynda M. Applegate, E. Ofek and Michael Norris
Keywords: Entrepreneurship; Cash Flow; Food; Growth Management; Social Marketing; Ownership Stake; Food and Beverage Industry; Food and Beverage Industry; United Arab Emirates; Dubai
Applegate, Lynda M., E. Ofek, and Michael Norris. "Koita Milk." Harvard Business School Multimedia/Video Supplement 819-703, March 2019.
- 15 Nov 2016
- News
Classroom Lessons Put Into Practice Abroad
São Paulo neighborhoods and discovered that proximity was the key ingredient for shoppers. “They would go to the bakery that is right next to their apartment because they just wanted convenience,” observes Ormeci. The students soon realized that View Details
- 26 Feb 2014
- News
How Grocery Bags Manipulate Your Mind
- 25 Apr 2016
- News
Trail Blazer
Photography by Alexander Rubin Chuck McMinn (MBA 1978) has worked at enough in startups to know that the only guarantee in technology is that today’s hot product will eventually be replaced by more innovative technology. That’s why McMinn, founder and chair of the Napa... View Details
- May 1998 (Revised October 2001)
- Case
Taco Bell Inc. (1983-1994)
By: Lynda M. Applegate, Leonard A. Schlesinger and Dave DeLong
Details the actions of John Martin, newly named CEO, as he leads Taco Bell through a decade of incremental and radical changes. By the end of the case, total system sales within Taco Bell, a Mexican style fast-food restaurant chain and a division of PepsiCo, have grown... View Details
Keywords: Business Subsidiaries; Transformation; Economic Growth; Food; Leadership Style; Growth and Development Strategy; Organizational Design; Performance Effectiveness; Food and Beverage Industry; Food and Beverage Industry; Mexico
Applegate, Lynda M., Leonard A. Schlesinger, and Dave DeLong. "Taco Bell Inc. (1983-1994)." Harvard Business School Case 398-129, May 1998. (Revised October 2001.)
- 02 Nov 2020
- News
The First Five Years: Julianne White (MBA 2017)
Julianne White (MBA 2017) is vice president for food acquisition at the Greater Boston Food Bank. How did you become interested in the food industry? “I grew up with a lot of... View Details
- June 2024
- Case
Growing Foodology into Latin America's Largest Platform for Virtual Restaurants
By: Jorge Tamayo, Rembrand Koning and Jenyfeer Martinez Buitrago
This case delves into the expansion strategy of Foodology, a cloud kitchen startup based in Bogotá that operated across four Latin American countries (Colombia, Brazil, Mexico, and Peru). Co-founders Daniela Izquierdo and Juan Guillermo Azuero (both HBS, 2019) grappled... View Details
Keywords: Entrepreneurship; Food; Digital Platforms; Product Launch; Growth and Development Strategy; Business Strategy; Business Model; Business Startups; Profit; Marketing Strategy; Expansion; Diversification; Food and Beverage Industry; Latin America; South America; Colombia; Brazil; Mexico; Peru
Tamayo, Jorge, Rembrand Koning, and Jenyfeer Martinez Buitrago. "Growing Foodology into Latin America's Largest Platform for Virtual Restaurants." Harvard Business School Case 724-393, June 2024.
- 1980
- Book
Confronting Urban Malnutrition: the design of nutrition programs
By: James E. Austin
Austin, James E. Confronting Urban Malnutrition: the design of nutrition programs. World Bank Staff Occasional Papers. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press, 1980.
- 14 Oct 2014
- News
Plated Co-founder is Cooking Up Expansion Plans
- 01 Aug 2002
- News
Wine Country Reunion
In early May, seventeen 63rd AMP alumni and their spouses enjoyed a 30th Reunion celebration in the heart of California's Napa Valley. The four-day event, based in St. Helena, provided ample time for classmates to rekindle friendships and catch up on each other's... View Details
- 01 Mar 2014
- News
No Small Beer
The biggest thing in the beer business these days is the little guy. Research firm Technomics reported that the craft beer and premium import market rose almost 15 percent in 2012, with an "upward trajectory" that continued in 2013. And beer makers are looking to meet... View Details
- 30 Jul 2019
- News
Turning Around Tesco
thing is if there is friction at the border.” Britain imports half the food it eats; a Spanish lettuce that lingers at the border for even two days has a much-diminished shelf life, notes Lewis, who nonetheless seems ready to accept any... View Details
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Self-Catering | About
Self-Catering Self-supplied food and non-alcoholic beverages is referred to as "self-catering" and is permitted only in classrooms, dorm lounges and office areas (for faculty/staff). All alcoholic beverages on campus must be provided and... View Details
- 31 May 2017
- News
Father Agribusiness
often misuse ‘agribusiness’ to mean big business,” Goldberg told Australia’s Weekly Times. “Or they think it’s just about making a profit. But it covers all aspects of the food system.” Goldberg, at 90 now an HBS professor emeritus, is... View Details