The Monteith's Affair: Bitter to the loyal end?

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Sara Walton
Department of Management, University of Otago, Dunedin, New Zealand

Shayne Grice
Department of Management, University of Otago, Dunedin, New Zealand

Bevan Catley
Department of Management, University of Otago, Dunedin, New Zealand

Abstract

‘I feel shattered. My soul aches. My stomach is queasy. My heart is in tatters.
Yours in total despair'
Daniel O'Reagan (2001)

This case revolves around what would normally have been a seemingly straight-forward business decision. Instead, the events surrounding the closing of the Monteith's Brewery came to capture the New Zealand public's imagination and attention. Over a period of weeks in March it soon became clear that there was more at stake than simply the survival of a local brewery. The ‘Monteiths Affair' as we shall call it, was to become the site, and catalyst, for an extensive discussion concerning the intersection of ‘good' business practice, community and globalization.

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