British Food Journal: Volume 115 Issue 9

Drivers of snack foods impulse buying behaviour among young consumers

Paulo Duarte, Mário Raposo, Marlene Ferraz

– This article aims to examine the influence of marketing-controlled external motivators of impulse buying behaviour of snack foods in cafeterias among young students.

Purchase of branded commodity food products: empirical evidence from India

Lalit Mohan Kathuria, Paramjeet Gill

The study was conducted with the aim of understanding brand awareness among consumers and analyzing the attitude of consumers towards selected branded commodity food products. An…

The effects of nutrient ad disclosures of fast food menu items on consumer selection behaviors regarding subjective nutrition knowledge and body mass index

Jungjin Hwang

The purpose of this study is: to examine how the nutrient ad disclosures (i.e. absolute and evaluative disclosure) of fast food menu items influence consumers' evaluation…

Nutritional status, self-identification as a traditional food consumer and motives for food choice in six European countries

Zuzanna Pieniak, Federico Perez-Cueto, Wim Verbeke

The aim of the study is to analyse whether self-identifying as a traditional food consumer is associated with obesity or overweight, and to investigate the motives for consuming…

Value-based consumer segmentation: the key to sustainable agri-food chains

John Macharia, Ray Collins, Tim Sun

The final consumer has the exclusive right to define what constitutes value in a product or service. Under increasing pressures of globalization and urbanization, a…

Delivery of probiotic bacteria in long life ambient stable foods using a powdered food ingredient

Arup Nag, Shantanu Das

The authors aim to report a novel encapsulation technology for probiotic bacteria, through which L. casei CRL431 cells have been successfully delivered in shelf stable dry and…

An empirical investigation of brand equity: drivers and their consequences

Nebojsa S. Davcik

The author aims to present a model of the brand value drivers, measured by brand equity. The goal of this research is to identify the drivers, and determine how they influence…

Value creation from a food traceability system based on a hierarchical model of consumer personality traits

Aihwa Chang, Chung-Hui Tseng, Min-yeh Chu

A food traceability system that provides detailed information on food production, processing, transfer, and distribution can create value in food exchange. This study aims to…

Techno-managerial factors related to food safety management system in food businesses

Kostas Milios, Pantelis E. Zoiopoulos, Angelos Pantouvakis, Marios Mataragas, Eleftherios H. Drosinos

The aim of this study is to evaluate the food safety management system (HACCP – type system) implemented in Greek food businesses, examine the techno-managerial factors…