{"title":"Consumer Trust and Purchase of Perishable Fresh Food Online Versus In-Store: The Case of beef","authors":"L. E. Morales, M. Ehmke, A. Sheridan","doi":"10.1080/08974438.2022.2072992","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/08974438.2022.2072992","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":134392,"journal":{"name":"Journal of International Food & Agribusiness Marketing","volume":"47 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-05-10","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"116104914","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
A. Rondoni, Carola Grebitus, R. Hughner, K. Fuller
{"title":"Marketing Specialty Crops: Analyzing Perception and Determinants of Date Fruit Purchase Likelihood","authors":"A. Rondoni, Carola Grebitus, R. Hughner, K. Fuller","doi":"10.1080/08974438.2022.2064028","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/08974438.2022.2064028","url":null,"abstract":"Abstract While date fruits provide a good source of fiber, potassium, and antioxidants, demand for dates is lower than for other comparable fruits. Exploring consumers’ perceptions and purchase-related behavior of dates highlights how this tasty and nutritious product could be marketed more effectively. This study, surveying approximately 3,000 U.S. consumers of dried fruits, is the first to provide public findings on date marketing. Developing a conceptual framework, we identify shopping characteristics by accounting for e.g., product cues, socio-demographics, and shopping and consumption habits. Data on perception are analyzed using content analysis, and determinants of date purchase likelihood are investigated via probit models. Results show that consumers’ perceptions of dates are related to taste, texture, and health; consumers prefer the health properties and naturalness of dates. “Trusted Brand” and “Certified USDA Organic” are preferred packaging labels. Concerning usage patterns, consumers mainly use dates for snacking. Findings provide rich implications for successful date marketing.","PeriodicalId":134392,"journal":{"name":"Journal of International Food & Agribusiness Marketing","volume":"142 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-04-24","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"114606251","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"The Educational Civic Path in Southern Italy: What Determines Behaviors Toward Food Waste Among Students in Campania Region?","authors":"N. Palmieri, Serena Palmieri","doi":"10.1080/08974438.2022.2066594","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/08974438.2022.2066594","url":null,"abstract":"Abstract Food waste prevention has become an issue of international concern, with Sustainable Development Goal 12.3 aiming to halve per capita global food waste by 2030. Students are most inclined to waste food, and thus they need to be investigated. The study focused on students’ behavior toward food waste in Campania region (Southern Italy) to address the educational civic path expected by the Ministry of Education. A web survey involving 409 students was used to investigate the food waste behavior within the framework of the Theory of Planned Behavior. The findings suggest that concern about food waste, moral attitude and perceived behavioral control influence individuals’ intentions to act and this in turn, translates into correct behavior toward food waste. The recognition of the factors that affect students’ behavior toward food waste represents an important starting point to develop and implement different anti-waste strategies at national and regional levels.","PeriodicalId":134392,"journal":{"name":"Journal of International Food & Agribusiness Marketing","volume":"4 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-04-21","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"121291112","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Social Relations to Food, The Meaning of the Farmers’ Market and Healthy Lifestyle: The Case of Czechia and Ukraine","authors":"R. Hrubá, T. Sadílek","doi":"10.1080/08974438.2022.2056558","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/08974438.2022.2056558","url":null,"abstract":"Abstract Very few studies have observed how society is defined around and within meaningful categories. They are mainly oriented on lifestyle value. This research takes into account this existing gap in the literature and this study aims to explore the relationship between the cultural meaning of society and the social meaning of a healthy lifestyle. Although empirical studies found that the farmers market had a social meaning for healthy lifestyles, two research hypotheses were formulated based on the symbolic character of a healthy lifestyle. Social relations with food explain the meaning of a healthy lifestyle, and the meaning of the farmers’ market explains the meaning of a healthy lifestyle within the food market. A nine-item scale related to the social meaning of eating was used. The data was collected in Czechia and Ukraine. The sample was used for the proposed confirmatory factor model based on the factor score of dimensions related to the desired consequences and the concept of purchase by the farmer of the adapted lifestyle concept. The result of the analysis indicates that the social relationship with food is the main characteristic of social meaning.","PeriodicalId":134392,"journal":{"name":"Journal of International Food & Agribusiness Marketing","volume":"12 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-04-03","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"125333031","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Consumption Behavior of the Internet Active Armenian Wine Consumer","authors":"Angelo A. Camillo, W. Kim, Elvina Asatryan","doi":"10.1080/08974438.2022.2049948","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/08974438.2022.2049948","url":null,"abstract":"Abstract This paper aims to understand the consumption behavior of Armenian wine consumers who are active on social media platforms. Specifically, this study seeks to understand the psychographic characteristics, consumption habits, and preferences of wine consumers in a developing economy. This is one of the first wine studies on the psychographics of Armenian consumers. Understanding their shopping behaviors is key to developing capacity, increasing production, diversifying products, and launching a global expansion. The results show that the most important factors affecting consumer purchasing behavior are quality and taste, followed by image, price, and place of origin, in descending order. In terms of communication channels, word-of-mouth with colleagues, friends, or relatives is the most important method, followed by traveling to wine regions, learning about wine via social media, and television advertising. This information is crucial to marketers engaged in promoting a consumer product from an emerging industry.","PeriodicalId":134392,"journal":{"name":"Journal of International Food & Agribusiness Marketing","volume":"489 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-03-25","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"132235370","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Role of Customer Satisfaction as a Mediator between Sensory Marketing and Customer Loyalty: A Case of Pakistani Restaurant Industry","authors":"Z. Satti, S. Babar, S. Parveen","doi":"10.1080/08974438.2022.2049415","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/08974438.2022.2049415","url":null,"abstract":"Abstract Sensory marketing can help customers to stay longer by enjoying environment of restaurants. To find out this, the present study was conducted in restaurant industry of Pakistan. Data was collected by distributing structured questionnaire among customers of restaurants in six major cities of Pakistan. For the present study, a total of 362 respondents were selected based on their income. The sample was chosen for the present study, and a stratified sampling technique was used. Structural equation modeling was used for data analysis. The results of the present study demonstrated that customer satisfaction partially and significantly mediates relationship between sensory marketing and customer loyalty. These results supported Engel, Kollet, Blackwell (EKB) Model. Through replication of the present model in different contexts and industries in Asia and developing countries, new perspectives can be found along with finding similarities of results.","PeriodicalId":134392,"journal":{"name":"Journal of International Food & Agribusiness Marketing","volume":"22 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-03-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"130655283","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Bárbara Franco Lucas, Franziska Götze, Jorge Alberto Vieira Costa, T. Brunner
{"title":"Consumer Perception Toward “Superfoods”: A Segmentation Study","authors":"Bárbara Franco Lucas, Franziska Götze, Jorge Alberto Vieira Costa, T. Brunner","doi":"10.1080/08974438.2022.2044955","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/08974438.2022.2044955","url":null,"abstract":"Abstract This study aimed to better understand consumers’ perceptions toward superfoods, to reveal segments of consumers, and to describe their behavioral patterns and sociodemographic characteristics. Data were collected from a mail survey (n = 423). Consumer segmentation revealed six segments. The “superfoodies” (13%) showed a more positive attitude toward superfoods, believing in their health and sustainable benefits. Adventurous consumers (16%) showed less knowledge on superfoods, despite that, they believe in the benefits of those foods after receiving some information during the survey. Involved consumers (13%) presented high nutritional knowledge and believe in the future of superfoods. Indifferent consumers (23%) appear to have a neutral attitude toward superfoods. Skeptical consumers (21%) and rejectors (15%) seem to be more conservative and less interested and unconvinced about the benefits of consuming superfoods. These results help guide those producing, marketing, and selling superfoods, and serve as a basis to develop strategies for different target groups.","PeriodicalId":134392,"journal":{"name":"Journal of International Food & Agribusiness Marketing","volume":"28 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-03-04","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"134452019","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}