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Diamond Walnut Growers

By: Ray A. Goldberg and Mollie H. Carter
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Abstract

Diamond Walnut Growers is the largest walnut marketer in the world. As a grower-owned cooperative, it is under pressure to operate as efficiently as independent handlers. Diamond is evaluating its high-margin consumer branded business, which has experienced little to no growth, and the low-margin but rapidly growing industrial business to determine its strategy regarding each.

Keywords

Plant-Based Agribusiness; Change Management; Marketing Strategy; Operations; Cooperative Ownership; Corporate Strategy; Agriculture and Agribusiness Industry

Citation

Goldberg, Ray A., and Mollie H. Carter. "Diamond Walnut Growers." Harvard Business School Case 597-048, November 1996.
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Ray A. Goldberg

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