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Promoting Sustainable Products in Dry Consumer Packaged Goods: What Should a Grocer Do?

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  • Boland, Michael A.
  • Zhang, Xiaowei

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The objective of the decision case study is to make a recommendation on whether to introduce a new product into the planogram of an independent retail grocery chain that does not have a formal sustainability strategy. The decision maker is the chief operating officer of the retail grocery chain. The product is a fair trade-certified coffee produced by Equal Exchange, a worker cooperative. Information is presented about the retail grocery chain, an overview of fair trade, a description of Equal Exchange, and background reading on the coffee supply chain.

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  • Boland, Michael A. & Zhang, Xiaowei, 2024. "Promoting Sustainable Products in Dry Consumer Packaged Goods: What Should a Grocer Do?," Applied Economics Teaching Resources (AETR), Agricultural and Applied Economics Association, vol. 6(2), July.
    • Handle: RePEc:ags:aaeatr:344181
    DOI: 10.22004/ag.econ.344181
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