Food Security or Food Sovereignty: The Case of Land Grabs The last decade has witnessed a serious change in the distribution and accessibility of food. In 2010 Ethiopia was home to 2.8 million people in need of emergency food aid; yet this country had concurrently sold more than 600‚000 hectares of agricultural land to transnational companies that export the majority of their produce (Reuters‚ 2011; Economist‚ 2009; Green‚ 2011). Ethiopia remains a country facing great food insecurity‚ which is
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Case Analysis – Oliver’s Market Overview: Oliver’s was founded in 1988 in Cotati‚ California by Steve Oliver Maass and his wife‚ Ruth Maass. Maass bought the then bankrupt Cotati Farmer’s Market for $200‚000. The place was in bad shape and they didn’t have much money to spend without any profits coming in. They painted it‚ deep cleaned it‚ and opened it for business. In 1990‚ Oliver’s added a deli. In 1991‚ they added an aisle of health foods. By 1994 they expanded the store with an additional
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s Case Study: Marks and Spencer Where now for an icon of British retailing? History and background Early history Marks and Spencer (M&S) was founded by Michael Marks and Thomas Spencer in 1884 - he called his business ’penny bazaars’ with signs reading "Don’t ask the price‚ it’s a penny" (the forerunner of stores like Poundland today?) The company went public in the 1920’s and by the 1970’s M&S had established itself as a British institution with locations in every major town and
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Case Analysis – Whole Foods Market Comfy Shoes Don Meador‚ Mike Britton‚ Paige Phillips‚ Andrew Howery I. II. Introduction: By 2006‚ Whole Foods Market had evolved into the “world’s largest retail chain of natural and organic foods supermarkets.” Their rapid growth and success is primarily due to being highly selective about what they sell‚ as well as being dedicated quality standards and core values. Whole Food’s stated mission statement was to “promote vitality and well-being for all
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Eric Smith Christine Hill Organizational behavior January 24‚ 2013 Case Analysis: John Mackey‚ Whole Foods Market 1. What role‚ if any‚ does McGregor’s Theory Y play at Whole Foods? Explain. According to Kreitner and Kinicki (2013) McGregor contrasted two views on human nature by insisting that Theory Y assumes that people are more positive at work‚ and believed managers could accomplish more by viewing employees as such (p.9). The other outdated theory‚ is Theory X‚ which is a more
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Case Analysis of Whole Foods Decides to Open in Detroit Company Background Whole Foods Market‚ Inc. is an American foods supermarket chain specializing in finest natural and organic foods with locations in the United States‚ Canada and the United Kingdom. It was founded by John Mackey and his girlfriend Rene Lawson on September 20‚1980‚ and today Whole Foods Market is headquartered in Austin‚ Texas. The current CEO is the founder John Mackey. Whole foods Market is the largest U.S. retailer of natural
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Introduction/Background Summary Whole Foods Market was founded in Austin‚ Texas. Four local businesspeople decided the natural foods industry should be tried in a supermarket format. The founders of Whole Foods Market were John Mackey and Renee Lawson Hardy‚ owners of Safer Way Natural Foods‚ and Craig Weller and Mark Skiles‚ owners of Clarksville Natural Grocery. The first Whole Foods Market opened in 1980 with 19 employees. At the time‚ there were less than half a dozen natural food supermarkets in the United
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Studies have shown that many people all over the world are unaware of where their food comes from. When an individual goes to consume a food product‚ he or she could be completely oblivious to the methods of manufacture‚ processing‚ packaging or transportation gone into the production of the food item. It is often said that ‘ignorance is bliss’ – perhaps this rings true in the case of food‚ its origins and its consumption as well. In such a scenario‚ eating well could seem like an unlikely prospect
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Introduction Whole Foods first opened its doors back in 1980 in Austin‚ Texas with a staff of only nineteen people. Today‚ Whole Foods is a leader in the supermarket industry specializing in organic and healthy foods. Their mission is to sell the highest quality natural and organic food products. Their core values include: the highest levels of customer satisfaction‚ supporting team members growth‚ creating wealth through profits and growth‚ giving back to the community‚ educating the community
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stuck out to me in particular. First‚ like mentioned before‚ it “fails to provide citations or even‚ in most cases‚ enough information in the text to identify probably sources”. In an environment like a university where citation is crucial‚ I see why many professors would be up in arms about a published piece that did not directly cite after each quote. However‚ I read parts of “Food Politics‚ What Everyone Needs to Know” previous to reading the letters to and from the publisher‚ and I did not
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