Case Name :      Middlesex Mushrooms Limited (B)

Authors :           John S. Haywood-Farmer, Kara Adlington

Source :             Ivey Publishing

Case ID :            906D15

Discipline :        Operations Management

Case Length :    02 pages

Solution Sample availability : YES

Plagiarism : NO (100% Original work)

This is a supplement of Middlesex Mushrooms Limited (A), in which Tim Adlington, president and owner of Middlesex Mushrooms Limited (MML), must weight the advantages and disadvantages of forming a co-operative, as well as those of merging with Kuipers Farms Inc (Kuipers). An accident has just occurred at Kuipers, which has killed one of the owners and has incapacitated the farm. This not only puts the merger plans on hold but it may jeopardize the supplier agreement that MML and Kuipers had just finalized with a major Canadian supermarket chain. Adlington must decide how to proceed given the unfortunate situation.

Case Name :      Middlesex Mushrooms Limited (A)

Authors :           John S. Haywood-Farmer, Kara Adlington

Source :             Ivey Publishing

Case ID :            906D14

Discipline :        Operations Management

Case Length :    14 pages

Solution Sample availability : YES

Plagiarism : NO (100% Original work)

Tim Adlington, president and owner of Middlesex Mushrooms Limited (MML), had led the formation of a co-operative of mushroom growers with the purpose of increasing the members’ negotiation power and bypassing the intermediaries to sell directly to retailers. The decision to form this co-operative had not been finalized and there were many issues to consider. In the meantime, he and Ted Kuipers were finalizing an agreement to supply mushrooms to a major Canadian supermarket chain. In addition, Adlington and Kuipers were considering the possibility of merging their companies. Adlington sits in his office knowing he has to weigh the advantages and risks of forming this co-operative as well as those of the merger.