Better Foods = More Water-Intensive Foods?

By Dave Uppal In our class on Whole Foods, we discussed the importance of moving our population toward a healthier diet. Students talked about how they felt better when they ate food they bought at Whole Foods and how we could solve a lot of public health crises by eating better. I decided to look […]

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Wal-Mart versus Whole Foods: why “cheap” beats “highest quality organic” as a more impactful corporate value

By Anonymous Wal-Mart is a corporate juggernaut much more likely to be singled out as a bad corporate citizen – for closing a store to prevent unionization [1] or for paying its workers below poverty levels and effectively being subsidized by state and federal aid [2] – than for using its massive scale, efficient supply […]

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Whole Foods: do “values matter”?

By Carl I stopped by Whole Foods on Tuesday and saw their new marketing banners plastered around the store: “Values Matter” they say. In class we had a heated argument on this topic, particularly on whether Whole Foods was even still adhering to the values upon which they were founded. I argue they have held […]

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What is the role of large corporations & conscious capital in addressing food security concerns?

By Jackie Our discussions during the Nestle and Whole Foods cases unearthed an interesting question with respect to the role of large corporations and their impact on the global food system. What role might conscious capitalism play in addressing global food security concerns? Looking at the key drivers highlighted by collaborative research on sustainable food […]

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