Publications

February 1999
Teaching Note

Wegmans Food Markets: Diabetes Counseling TN

Teaching Note for (9-599-057). View Details

Keywords: Food and Beverage Industry; Food and Beverage Industry

February 1984 (Revised January 1994)
Teaching Note

Breakfast Foods Corp. (B), Teaching Note

Keywords: Food and Beverage Industry

January 1984 (Revised January 1994)
Teaching Note

Breakfast Foods Corp. (A), Teaching Note

Keywords: Food and Beverage Industry

November 1981
Supplement

General Foods: Food Service Division (B)

By: John P. Kotter

Keywords: Food and Beverage Industry

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November 2008 (Revised August 2010)
Case

Whole Foods Acquires Wild Oats (A)

Examines the implications of Whole Foods' CEO's anonymous message board postings including its potential impact on the company's proposed merger with Wild Oats. View Details

Keywords: Forms of Communication; Acquisition; Communication Strategy; Food and Beverage Industry; Food and Beverage Industry

December 2022
Case

The Magic of Marks & Spencer Food

By: David E. Bell, Natalie Kindred and Damien McLoughlin

Keywords: Brands and Branding; Food; Consumer Behavior; Product Development; Competition; Price; Inflation and Deflation; Trends; Growth and Development; Strategy; Food and Beverage Industry; Food and Beverage Industry; Food and Beverage Industry; United Kingdom

December 2017 (Revised April 2018)
Technical Note

A Note on the Snack Food Industry

By: David Bell, Kerry Herman and Amram Migdal

This note provides an overview of the snacking industry in 2017. View Details

Keywords: Agribusiness; Food; Food and Beverage Industry; United States; Europe; Asia; China; Latin America; Middle East

December 1984
Teaching Note

Colonial Food Services Co., James Cranston, and Eugene Kirby (A), Teaching Note

By: Michael Beer

Teaching Note for (9-478-005), (9-478-006), and (9-478-007). View Details

Keywords: Food and Beverage Industry

13 Sep 2012
Working Paper Summaries

Entrepreneurship in the Natural Food and Beauty Categories Before 2000: Global Visions and Local Expressions

Keywords: by Geoffrey Jones; Food & Beverage; Food & Beverage

December 2011 (Revised February 2012)
Case

Doug Rauch: Solving the American Food Paradox

By: Jose B. Alvarez and Ryan Johnson

Keywords: Food; Policy; Social Issues; Business Model; Strategy; Food and Beverage Industry; Food and Beverage Industry; United States

March 2005
Teaching Note

Bright Dairy & Food Co., Ltd. (TN)

Teaching Note to (9-905-404). View Details

Keywords: Food and Beverage Industry; China

2018
Working Paper

How Scheduling Can Bias Quality Assessment: Evidence from Food Safety Inspections

By: Maria Ibanez and Michael W. Toffel

Many production processes are subject to inspection to ensure they meet quality, safety, and environmental standards imposed by companies and regulators. Inspection accuracy is critical to inspections being a useful input to assessing risks, allocating quality... View Details

Keywords: Assessment; Bias; Inspection; Scheduling; Econometric Analysis; Empirical Research; Regulation; Health; Food; Safety; Quality; Performance Consistency; Performance Evaluation; Food and Beverage Industry; Food and Beverage Industry

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26 Jun 2017
Research & Ideas

How Cellophane Changed the Way We Shop for Food

oxygen that touched a product, thus preventing discoloration. “Cellophane played a big part in how the color of food started to be controlled and standardized,” she says. The rise of self-service grocery... View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel; Food & Beverage; Food & Beverage; Food & Beverage

5 Sep 2013
Conference Presentation

The Color of Taste: Selling Food in Clear Packages in the Early-Twentieth-Century United States

By: Ai Hisano

This paper examines the role of color in the marketing and retailing of food products by focusing on the increasingly popular presentation of food in clear packages in the early-twentieth-century United States. In the 1910s, a candy company began using cellophane to... View Details

Keywords: Food; Product Marketing; Food and Beverage Industry

November 1994
Case

Kraft General Foods - Risk Management Philosophy

By: Ray A. Goldberg

Keywords: Risk Management; Food and Beverage Industry

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November 1989 (Revised December 1989)
Case

Grand Metropolitan ... Adding Value to Foods

By: Ray A. Goldberg

Keywords: Food and Beverage Industry

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June 1991 (Revised December 1995)
Teaching Note

Cat Fight in the Pet Food Industry (A), (B), (C), and (D), Teaching Note

By: David J. Collis

Teaching Note for (9-391-189), (9-391-195), (9-391-196), and (9-391-197). View Details

Keywords: Food and Beverage Industry

February 2001 (Revised October 2002)
Teaching Note

Henry Heinz: Making Markets for Processed Foods TN

By: Nancy F. Koehn

Teaching Note for (9-801-289). View Details

Keywords: Food and Beverage Industry; United States

June 2013
Case

Jamba Juice (A)

By: J. Bruce Harreld and Christian Karega

James White, the new CEO of Jamba Juice, has successfully averted bankruptcy and must now decide the future path for Jamba Juice, the leader in the smoothie and fresh bar industry. This two-part case presents the various strategic options White is considering. It then... View Details

Keywords: Beverage Industry; Strategy Execution; Turnarounds; Consumer Marketing; Franchising; Food Retail Franchising; Strategy; Leadership; Food and Beverage Industry; United States