Acting strategically thinking gritically

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Case: Brewing a better world: sustainable supple chain management green mountain roasters, inc.

1. Describe how GMCR was able to grow and increase profitability by selling single cup coffee. Then discuss the significance of single-cup coffee packaging and how it relates to sustainability. Is single-cup brewing compatible with sustainability? Why or why not? Can GMCR maintain its leadership in sustainable business practice and continue to grow its single-cup coffee business?

2. How does the Vue support, if at all, GMCR’s claims that its new brewer technology and its packs of plastic cup are more claims that its new brewer technology and its packs of plastic cup are more environmentally friendly? Is GMCR doing enough to address its environmental critiques?

3. What happens to GMCR now that its main competitor, Starbucks, is selling single-cup brewers in their stores and after its K-cup patent expires? Will this increase the company’s reliance on sustainable business practices with VUE and other similarly focused initiatives? within the single-cup segmeny of the coffee market will GMCR be able to continue to future profitability and stock price appreciation?

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