Prerequisite/Corequisite: The following course must be completed previously: COMM 223 or COMM 224 or MARK 201.
Description: This course introduces students to the structure of the food industry which encompasses various entities including farmers and producers, commodity brokers, importers, distributors, packaged goods manufacturers, transformers, retailers, and restaurants, the operating realities of its key players, and the issues and challenges facing them. Pressing societal issues such as obesity and the need for responsible stewardship over food resources are addressed. The course exposes students to potential solutions as well as new theories and concepts that broaden their marketing knowledge and provide them with the tools to develop solutions to current food marketing challenges. A combination of formal lectures, live case studies, group work, student presentations, in-class exercises, and guest speakers are used.
Component(s): Lecture
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