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Scale up or stay artisanal?

Crescere o restare artigiani? · Strategy · Advanced

The case

Your pastry lab has a 3-week waiting list. A supermarket chain offers you a €500,000/year contract for a branded line, but requires volumes 20x yours: you'd need to industrialize, hire, take on debt. Your brand's value is being artisanal. How do you decide?

Il tuo laboratorio di pasticceria ha una lista d'attesa di 3 settimane. Una catena di supermercati ti offre un contratto da 500.000€/anno per una linea a tuo marchio, ma richiede volumi 20 volte superiori ai tuoi: dovresti industrializzare, assumere, indebitarti. Il tuo brand vale perché è artigianale. Come decidi?

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What is the "Scale up or stay artisanal?" problem-solving case on Grace?

It is an advanced-level Strategy case based on a real workplace situation. You read the problem, write how you would solve it in free text, and Grace's AI judges whether your solution actually works, and tells you what is still uncovered.

Who is this case for?

Anyone who wants to train structured problem solving: managers, professionals and candidates preparing for case interviews in Strategy. The advanced difficulty makes it a demanding test of real-world judgment.

Can I retry if my solution doesn't solve the case?

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