HBSP (USA)
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Red Tomato: Keeping it Local
Alvarez, Jose B.; Shelman, Mary; Winig, LauraCase HBS-510023-EThis case describes the operating model and history of Red Tomato, a non-profit organization dedicated to branding and logistical support for locally grown produce farmers in the northeast U.S. The case highlights the challenges involved in making locally grown produce available to large consumer markets.Starting at €8.20
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Lufa Farms
Alvarez, Jose B.; Mackalski, Robert; Lobb, AnnelenaCase HBS-514008-EEntrepreneurshipTo maximize their effectiveness, color cases should be printed in color. In 2013, Mohamed Hage, founder of the rooftop farming business called Lufa Farms, thought his company had reached a level of maturity where scaling the business model was the next logical step. With two greenhouses already in Canada, he was looking into other locations in the U.S. Though Lufa Farms' advanced cultivation technologies made the company stand out in its sector, ...Starting at €8.20
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VP Group: Vegpro Grows Beyond Kenya
Alvarez, Jose B.; Kindred, NatalieCase HBS-514055-EMarketingIn 2013, Kenyan horticulture producer and exporter VP Group is weighing potential expansion opportunities against the growing risks in its production and export markets. With $121 million in 2012 revenues, VP Group has grown rapidly in recent years by expanding its vegetable and flower production beyond Kenya into Ethiopia and Ghana; exploring new products such as sugar; and vertically integrating by bringing marketing and logistics operations in...Starting at €8.20
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Area One Farms
Reinhardt, Forest L.; Alvarez, Jose B.; Lobb, AnnelenaCase HBS-518069-EMarketingIn 2017, Joelle Faulkner, CEO of Area One Farms, a Canadian private-equity fund focused on investing in the best Canadian farms and helping them expand, considered the merits and disadvantages of expanding her business to the U.S. While the markets shared some similarities, Faulkner did not know the U.S. market as well as the Canadian one. Could her joint venture partnership model work as well in the U.S. as it had in her home country?Starting at €8.20
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Luvo (B)
Alvarez, Jose B.; Kindred, NatalieCase HBS-520101-EMarketingThis case, a follow-on to "Luvo" (517-049), provides a brief look at changes that have occured at Luvo, now called Performance Kitchen, since the timing of the first case (mid 2016). Set in January 2020, Luvo (B) touches on developments such as the companStarting at €5.74