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Mission Produce
Alvarez, Jose B.; Shelman, MaryCase HBS-514023-EMarketingTo maximize their effectiveness, color cases should be printed in color. As the leading distributor of fresh avocados in the U.S., Mission Produce was at a crossroads in late 2013. Avocado consumption was booming and CEO Steve Barnard wanted to acquire additional land in Peru and develop new avocado farms to help fill a projected supply gap. Mission could also buy avocado farms in other countries, expand its international marketing efforts, inves...Starting at €8.20
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NatureSweet
Alvarez, Jose B.; Reinhardt, Forest L.; Kindred, NatalieCase HBS-518002-ELeadership and People ManagementThis case describes the business model and workplace philosophy of NatureSweet, a privately owned, vertically integrated greenhouse grower and marketer of fresh tomatoes with sales across the U.S. and $329 million in 2016 revenues. CEO Bryant Ambelang treated NatureSweet more like a consumer-packaged goods manufacturer than an agricultural producer, with a focus on consistency, branding, margin and price stability, and a frontline-worker-centric ...Starting at €8.20
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The Promise of Agriculture in the Republic of Cuba
Alvarez, Jose B.; Otazo, Andrew; Knoop, Carin-IsabelCase HBS-516067-EEconomicsThis background note explains Cuba's past and current agriculture policies, as well as provides insights into its future potential as relations with the U.S. normalize.Starting at €8.20
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Lipman: Vertical Integration in Fresh Tomatoes
Alvarez, Jose B.; Knoop, Carin-IsabelCase HBS-516053-EMarketingLipman, the largest open field fresh tomato grower and marketer in the United States, has been successfully pursuing an aggressive strategy of acquisitions over the last several years. End market consolidation in the retail space has driven vertical integration in the extremely competitive fresh tomato business, where farm gate prices have not changed in 30 years. The company is facing pressure from climate change, alternative uses for farm land,...Starting at €8.20
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Soybean Production in Argentina: The Duhau Group
Alvarez, Jose B.; Cal, MarianaCase HBS-519033-EStrategyCrop-planning was affected by macroeconomic factors including international disputes, commodity prices, local tax and agricultural policies, etc. Enrique and Alejandro Duhau, co-owners of the Duhau Group, analyzed these factors, as well as technical and financial aspects, as they planned their 2019/2020 production. The Duhau Group was an agribusiness holding with $112 in revenues for 2018. That year, the Group harvested 112,000 hectares, produced...Starting at €8.20
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Mu oz Group: Sustaining Global Vertical Integration Through Innovation
Alvarez, Jose B.; Lobb, AnnelenaCase HBS-515011-EMarketingThe Mu oz Group, a vertically integrated fruit, flower, juice and ice cream supplier, was at a strategic crossroads. What was the best way to achieve profit goals and provide the company with sustainable competitive advantage? Mu oz Group, which supplied supermarket chains and food distribution chains around the world with fruit, flowers, juice and ice cream, was at a strategic crossroads in 2014. CEO Alvaro Mu oz had to choose the best way to...Starting at €8.20
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Molino Ca uelas: Serving Customers from Seed Development to the Kitchen Table
Alvarez, Jose B.; Cal, Mariana; Miguel, FernandaCase HBS-518046-EAccounting and ControlMolino Ca uelas was a vertically integrated food company with a management system that allowed it to innovate and grow systematically. With sales of $2 billion in 2016, the firm not only produced flour, vegetable oil and packaged food products; it also owned a port terminal, a packaging plant and an Agribusiness Services Division to support over 8,000 agricultural producers. CEO and Chairman Aldo Navilli, who had run the company since 1986 and ...Starting at €8.20
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Grupo xito: Facing Colombia's Competitive Grocery Retail Industry
Alvarez, Jose B.; Larangeira, Carla; Buitrago, Jenyfeer Martinez; Moreno, Miguel DiazCase HBS-520043-ELeadership and People ManagementGrupo xito, a leading South American retailer, faced declining market shares in Colombia in 2019 with the arrival of low-cost competitors and emerging digital trends. Originally founded in Medell n, xito had over the course of its seventy-year historStarting at €8.20
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Arcos Dorados: A QSR Recovery Plan
Reinhardt, Forest L.; Alvarez, Jose B.; Buitrago, Jenyfeer Martinez; Cal, MarianaCase HBS-721023-EEconomicsArcos Dorados-McDonald's largest independent franchisee, covering Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC)-faced a pandemic that was disrupting the entire consumer foodservice business in 2020. With the exclusive right to own, operate, and sub-franchise McDoStarting at €8.20