Ⅰ.INTRODUCTION
ⅰ.About whole foods market
Whole Foods Market is a foods supermarket chain based in Austin, Texas which emphasizes "natural" and organic products. It is classified as grocery store and health food store. Founded in 1980 as one small store in Austin, Texas, Whole Foods Market is now the world's leading retailer of natural and organic foods. The company operates 302 store
-Foods supermarket chain
-Based in Austin, Texas
-“Natural” and Organic products
-Grocery store and health food store
-Operates 302 stores.
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Strengths
-Attempts to make grocery shopping an exotic experience
-Fast inventory turnover rate
-Large selection of privately labeled products.
-Merchandise is priced a bit lower than Whole Foods’
Weakness
-Limited store si
(3) Supply system in agricultural products of big marts.
Retail market of agricultural products can be divided by two markets. In a point of retail organizations’ view, there is a purchasing market that supplies agricultural products from producing districts and vendor of wholesale market to provides to customers. In addition, there is a market for sale the products to customers.
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FTA on Korea. To this end, we analyze five primary sectors that are deemed to have the greatest impact on both countries: steel, automobiles, chemical products, textiles, and agriculture. We conduct a literature review of these respective sectors (primarily statistics supplied by KIEP and SERI), lay out both the impact of exports and imports, and also point out relevant issues to these sectors.
C. Combination of advanced Technology and Information System - Cold Chain System
Recently, customers’ expectations about the quality of agricultural products are more increasing due to the high interest about well-being. To fulfill the customers’ concern about their health Nonghyup constructed cold chain system because the quality of agricultural products highly depends on their freshness. A
Korean agriculture and ICT
The Korean government has also been taking part of this global trend—the upsurge of interest in integrating ICT into agribusiness
The Korean government Is now facing a serious shortage of labor force in agriculture sector and loss in farming related knowledge and skills; which are essential for Korean agriculture’s sustainable development.
Primary Criterion for Selecting Products
77.8% of Respondents replied, “I would have an intention to buy eco-products.”
Highly Recognized in their 40s with 81.7%
Considering Eco-Products as Positive Image
Progressive(58%), Distinctive(37%), High-technologic (33%)
Image of Eco-consumers - thoughtful, reasonable
Low Participation to the ‘Eco-Friendly’ Movement
Actual Rating just
C. Core Competency and Sustainable Competitive Advantage
In terms of its core competency, Hite Brewery seeks to achieve a unique ability to provide a high-quality beer. In the early 1990s, Korean customers were interested in environmental aspects in many products. So, Hite Brewery has made beer by using natural bedrock water to promote an environment-friendly image. As a result, Hite Brewery was
agricultural trade.
This traditional, almost autarkic, production pattern shifted sharply during the late nineteenth century, when inexpensive imported grain from Russia and the United States competed effectively with local grain. At the same time, rising domestic and foreign demand for dairy products and the availability of low-cost imported cattle feed made dairy and meat production much more
product quality by completely automating and computerizing the whole process of raw material testing, import, mixing, blending, processing, and packaging, while analyzing colors and constructing databases by applying cutting edge digital technologies in various production sectors such as paint and resin. In the case of paint, Noroo Paint is producing highly functional and environment-friendly pai