@article{FonsecaRogersTsolakisetal.2025, author = {Fonseca, Mariel Alem and Rogers, Helen and Tsolakis, Naoum and Kumar, Mukesh}, title = {Quorn Foods: the road to supply chain resilience}, series = {Ivey Business School Cases}, journal = {Ivey Business School Cases}, publisher = {Ivey Publishing}, address = {Toronto, Canada}, pages = {17}, year = {2025}, abstract = {In 2025, Quorn Foods faced a pivotal strategic decision as the United Kingdom's government called for greater national food resilience amid ongoing global disruptions. As a global pioneer in sustainable meat-free mycoprotein produced through fermentation, Quorn Foods possessed the technology and capacity to advance the UK's self-sufficiency agenda. Yet financial constraints demanded caution. With rising raw material costs, weakening consumer demand, and growing geopolitical uncertainty, the company's leaders confronted the tension between short-term cost control and long-term investment in innovation. Weighing the opportunities to supply public institutions with homegrown protein, they examined how biotechnology and operational efficiency might together redefine food security and resilience for a nation seeking stability in an increasingly volatile world.}, language = {en} }