Assignment connects to the following Course Learning Objectives:

Assess the organizational components that impact strategy implementation.

Evaluate the roles of ethics, social responsibility, and environmental sustainability in strategy implementation.

Assignment Purpose: Summarize competitive advantages.

Assignment Description: Complete a Case Analysis that summarizes a companies competitive advantage.
Details:

Read Case : Whole Foods Market in 2014: Vision, Core Values, and Strategy pages (CA11 - CA39)

Complete a short Written Case Analysis (2-3 pages, not including a title page and references page)

(1) identify all the pertinent issues pertaining to unique marketing and positioning strategy

(2) perform an analysis and evaluation highlighting why that gives Whole Foods a competitive advantage compared to other grocery store chains.

(3) propose an action plan or set of recommendations based on that competitive advantage.