food and beverage Case Interview Questions & Answers

Local Organic Foods Grocer to Offer Prepared Food

Case Type: new product.
Consulting Firm: Bain & Company first round job interview.
Industry Coverage: food and beverages; retail.

Case Interview Question #00568: Our client The Real Food Company is a local organic and natural foods grocery store located in San Francisco, California. Organic foods are foods that are produced using methods that do not involve modern synthetic inputs such as synthetic pesticides… Read the rest

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Red Bull’s Marketing Campaign Not a Huge Success

Case Type: operations strategy, marketing.
Consulting Firm: LEK Consulting first round job interview.
Industry Coverage: food & beverages.

Case Interview Question #00552: Our client Red Bull GmbH is a large global beverage company that sells the popular Red Bull energy drink. In terms of market share, Red Bull is the No. 1 energy drink in the world, with about 4.5 billion cans sold each… Read the rest

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Nordic Paper Develops New Grease-proof Technology

Case Type: new product, new technology; pricing & valuation.
Consulting Firm: Siemens Management Consulting 2nd round job interview.
Industry Coverage: paper products; food & beverages.

Case Interview Question #00539: Your client Nordic Paper AS is a Norwegian industrial company operating in Norway and Sweden. The company is one of the leading producers of Grease-proof Paper and Kraft Paper in the world, with… Read the rest

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Dr Pepper Group to Launch New Bottled Water Product

Case Type: new product.
Consulting Firm: OC&C Strategy Consultants first round job interview.
Industry Coverage: food & beverages.

Case Interview Question #00534: Dr Pepper Snapple Group Inc. (NYSE: DPS, formerly Cadbury Schweppes Americas Beverages) is an American soft drink company based in Plano, Texas. The company was created by the merger of Dr Pepper, Inc. and The Seven Up Company in 1986. Currently, Dr… Read the rest

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Hormel Foods to Sell Spam Luncheon Meat Division

Case Type: business turnaround; merger and acquisition (M&A).
Consulting Firm: Bain & Company second round job interview.
Industry Coverage: food and beverage.

Case Interview Question #00502: Our client Hormel Foods Corporation (NYSE: HRL) is a $8 billion food processing company based in Austin, Minnesota, United States that produces mainly raw meat. Hormel sells food under many brands, including the Chi-Chi’s, Dinty Moore, Farmer… Read the rest

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