Case Name :      Souk El Tayeb: The Good Food Market in Lebanon

Authors :           Dima Jamali, Haitham Khoury

Source :             Ivey Publishing

Case ID :            W11589

Discipline :        General Management

Case Length :    16 pages

Solution Sample availability : YES

Plagiarism : NO (100% Original work)

Souk el Tayeb, the farmers’ market, and Tawlet, the farmers’ kitchen are two legal entities, the former adopting the legal structure of an NGO and the latter, an income generating company, joined by one vision namely to “celebrate food and traditions that unite communities and support small-scale farmers and producers and a culture of sustainable agriculture.” Souk el Tayeb founder, Kamal Mouzawak, first launched Souk el Tayeb, a farmer’s market, in May 2004 in Beirut, Lebanon. The idea was to create a communal space for farmers across the country to sell their organic produce and products. The over-arching vision was to create a platform that joined different people celebrating food, culture and traditions and in parallel promoting and supporting the agricultural sector in Lebanon. Mouzawak and his business partner were in the process of brainstorming ways to scale the impact of their social business while not compromising quality standards and meeting the ever looming challenge of financial sustainability.