SWOT Analysis Strengths Passion for high quality products. Leader in Organic Foods Customized facilities. Incentive system for Employees Weaknesses High prices Large store size Opportunities Growth through Achievements Increasing attractiveness of health food industry Brand image through community sponsored events Threats Local grocers increasing organic food options Large store size preventing “in and out” consumers Economy troubles: customers switching to lower
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The Truth about the Food Industry Food Inc. is an eye opening documentary about the food industry in America. It examines the less known facts about the food industry. Our nation’s food industry is controlled by only a few companies who are in control of their consumers’ health‚ the livelihood of the American farmer‚ and the safety of its works. We have bigger chicken breast and there are no longer any seasons for fruits and vegetables in the supermarkets anymore. This new type of farming has
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Food Deserts There is growing trend of cities across the United States that do not have access to food such as places in Buffalo‚ Baltimore‚ or Detroit. According to the USDA‚ a food desert is to qualify as a “low-access community‚” at least 500 people and/or at least 33 percent of the census tract ’s population must reside more than one mile from a supermarket or large grocery store (for rural census tracts‚ the distance is more than 10 miles). You can even look up a food desert locater
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Strategy for Whole Foods Market Current Strategic Issues 1. How does Whole Foods sustain positive growth in sales? 2. How does Whole Foods cope with the downturn in the economy? 3. How does Whole Foods achieve sustainable competitive advantage? Rationale for Issues One of Whole Foods main strategic issues is how it should sustain positive growth in sales. Sales growth in 2008 was 0.8%‚ compared to sales growth increase of 8.2% in 2007. However‚ much of these low sales growth figures
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that Whole Foods Market is pursuing ? ANS: After reading the case‚ I think that they are using acquisition as their main element of strategy. As the Exhibit 4 “1992-2007 Major Acquisition by Whole Foods Market” shown‚ they had bought 134 stores in 15 years. Their goal is to open bigger store but at the same time acquiring others stores‚ although the acquisition of Wild Oats didn’t go well since 2007 because the FTC opposed the acquisition on ground that the competition of the organic food market
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Whole Foods Case Analysis 1. The chief elements of the strategy that Whole Foods Market is pursuing are whole foods‚ whole people‚ and whole planet. The whole foods portion describes the type of product being offered. The products are as close to natural as possible. Whole people describe the type of environment the employees have at Whole Foods Market. The employees are treated fairly‚ passionate‚ and highly motivated. Lastly‚ whole planet refers to the responsibility companies and individuals
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agriculture—and am receiving a box of organic produce delivered to my doorstep every week. My reasons for doing this are as follows: I want to eat locally grown produce; I want to reduce the use of chemicals in the food I eat; I want to reduce my carbon footprint by buying local‚ non-corporate food; I prefer to support local farmers‚ especially in a down economy; by subscribing rather than just buying at a farmer’s market‚ I’m showing my commitment to organic farming; and I will eat a broader range
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Organic Life One Baby Step at a Time Altering our daily diets by cutting out processed‚ GMO or genetically modified foods to consume organic and whole foods‚ fruits and vegetables has proven to be a journey of rediscovery. My husband and I made the very real and scary decision to invest our life savings‚ with no prior working knowledge of a farm‚ to open our family run farm‚ 1860 Organics‚ to improve our families overall health and to eliminate our consumption of the “dirty dozen.” Here lies
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Agriculture is one of the most crucial necessities all around the world. The amount of food grown and sold affects the resources that are used in production. To sustain life you need food but most people are blinded to what actually happens in all the stages of growth. With technology advancing the way it is it has become hard to trust your food and its purity and cleanliness. People don’t get deep into where all their food comes from. It starts from the farms. Depending on what type of farm you visit‚
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Jay Shoates Lit-100 Professor Schnog 11/30/12 Research Paper: Generational Food War For many years the Baby Boomer Generation (1946-1964) was seen as the largest‚ most influential generation in American history. Now in 2012‚ as this massive generation begins to enter into their retirement years‚ their influence on the economy and society is starting to fade. Beginning to step into their place is the next massive generation‚ the Millennials (1982-2001). These two "Mega Generations" have
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