grocery stores - Publications - Faculty & Research

15 May 2020
Research & Ideas

Find Your Pragmatic Path through Radical Uncertainty

activities. These days, we need to plan more carefully because small decisions can have dire consequences for ourselves and for others. Consider the newly stressful task of grocery shopping. Should I order View Details

Keywords: by Howard Stevenson, Eugene B. Kogan, and Shirley Spence

01 Dec 2022
News

I Gave at the Office

ways. Some people might be more willing to give at a grocery store when they ask you to donate at the checkout counter. Other people might not give there but instead respond to a letter or email request. I... View Details

Keywords: Religious, Grantmaking, Civic, Professional, and Similar Organizations; Personal Services

19 Mar 2008
Research & Ideas

Finding Success in the Middle of the Market

offers consumers three options—good, better and best—in most high turnover product categories. In addition, Tesco doesn't just sell groceries through one-size-fits-all supermarkets. Recognizing the need to shape as well as respond to an... View Details

Keywords: by John Quelch; Auto; Retail

31 Mar 2022
News

A Community Hunger Solution with Global Ambitions

Ghose, but they didn’t have easy access to stores and meals through the early months of the pandemic. “We partnered with Uber and WhatsApp in #SeniorPatrol,” says Ghose. “People would reach out via the Robin Hood Army WhatsApp chatbot to... View Details

12 May 2003
Research & Ideas

How Hot is the “Hot Spot” Business?

future Wi-Fi users, those who access wireless services with their PDAs. For example, imagine a trip to the grocery store where you pull out your PDA to download your shopping list and View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne & Martha Lagace; Technology; Communications; Telecommunications

25 Jul 2012
News

Movie Magic

Kaplan: "Automated retail" dispenses movie magic. Photo courtesy Gregg Kaplan/Redbox If you’ve seen one at your local US grocery store, you know that “vending machine” is an inadequate description for Redbox, the sleek, red (of course)... View Details

Keywords: vending machines; General Merchandise Stores; General Merchandise Stores; General Merchandise Stores; General Merchandise Stores

22 Dec 2015
Blog Post

HBS Takes Business Education Online

to the grocery store take on new meaning once you understand bundled pricing! We’ve also had students who have taken on new responsibilities in their current jobs, gone onto new careers, been accepted into... View Details

01 Apr 2002
News

Urban Evolution - HBS Research on the Inner City

Milwaukee area cope with the lack of large grocery stores in their neighborhoods. "Retailers tend to think that everyone who lives in the inner city is poor," he says, "but that simply isn't true. The... View Details

Keywords: Paul Grogan; Peter Tufano; David Crockett; Diana Barrett; Real Estate

17 Mar 2022
Research & Ideas

Navigating Tradeoffs: How Purpose Becomes a Company's ‘Lighthouse in the Storm’

example by refurbishing electronic products and selling them in stores to contribute to the recycling effort. “Purpose becomes your lighthouse in the storm,” Barry says. “Purpose is the direction you’re always going to move the company.... View Details

Keywords: by Ranjay Gulati

15 Aug 2017
Blog Post

Where Work Meets Passion: A Summer In Community Development

primarily run an eight-acre urban farm called D-town Farm. They also ventured to create a brick-and-mortar store called the Detroit Food Commons, centered on creating greater access to healthy foods and spurring community ownership – and... View Details

Keywords: Nonprofit / Government

01 Dec 1999
News

Q & A: Herb Kohl

As a boy growing up in Milwaukee, Herbert H. Kohl (MBA '58) spent afternoons and weekends restocking shelves in his immigrant parents' grocery store. It was good training for Kohl, who joined the family business after graduating from HBS... View Details

Keywords: Susan Young

17 May 2018
News

Creating Opportunity for Indian Entrepreneurs

Rupees. “She gives motivational talks and inspires women,” says Bhargava. “Her goal to create 30 more entrepreneurs like herself is on its way.” Another alumnus, Abdus Samad, grew up in Rasulpur, a poor village in West Bengal. He quit school after eighth grade to work... View Details

Keywords: Jennifer Myers

25 Aug 2003
Research & Ideas

Should You Sell Your Digital Privacy?

way to markets in identified customers? A: The value of the identity accrues to more than just the shopper. In a supermarket frequent shopper program, there is value in the identity to the grocery store and... View Details

Keywords: by Manda Salls & Sean Silverthorne; Advertising

07 Aug 2009
What Do You Think?

Why Can’t Americans Get Health Care Right?

"consumer choice and honest competition are usually achieved without a public provider. We don't need government-run grocery stores or government-run gas stations to ensure that Americans can buy food... View Details

Keywords: by Jim Heskett; Health

02 Jan 2018
First Look

First Look at New Research and Ideas, January 3, 2018

218-001 Bega Cheese: Bidding to Bring Vegemite Back Home In January 2017, the leadership team of Bega Cheese—the Australian dairy company—was considering a bid for Mondelez International’s Australia and New Zealand (ANZ) grocery business,... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

01 Sep 2018
News

Turning Point: Power Outlet

walked over to my computer and created a Facebook group called Moms of Black Boys (MOBB) United. I sent invitations to 30 friends. Five minutes later the 30 had grown to 150. In an hour it was 500. When I was at the grocery View Details

19 Jun 2018
First Look

New Research and Ideas, June 19, 2018

million well-off shoppers and 463 grocery stores in key U.S. markets. Whole Foods could absorb Amazon’s technology and process expertise to modernize and reduce its operating costs, which were among the... View Details

Keywords: Dina Gerdeman

25 Sep 2018
First Look

New Research and Ideas, September 25, 2018

examine whether centralized hiring (in this study, by the head office of a U.S. retail chain) or decentralized hiring (by store managers) leads to better employee-company matches. While centralized hiring can ensure that enough resources... View Details