British Food Journal: Volume 117 Issue 8

Does the consumers’ buying behavior differ for vegetarian and non-vegetarian food products?: Evidences from an emerging market

Niraj Kumar, Sanjeev Kapoor

The purpose of this paper is to identify and compare the factors which affect the consumers’ buying behavior of vegetarian and non-vegetarian food products in an emerging…

The effect of packaging and brand on children’s and parents’ purchasing decisions and the moderating role of pester power

Mahsa-Sadat Taghavi, Alireza Seyedsalehi

The purpose of this paper is to study the impact of chocolate packaging and brand on the purchasing decisions of a number of Iranian children and their parents. The paper also…

Differences in liking of traditional salami: The effect of local consumer familiarity and relation with the manufacturing process

Rossella Di Monaco, Silvana Cavella

The purpose of this paper is to assess what effect the consumer familiarity has on liking of Italian traditional salamis. The authors ascertained the category of consumers that…

Consumers’ brand images of wines: Differences between two leading Spanish denominations of origin

Evangelina Aranda, Mar Gómez, Arturo Molina

– The purpose of this paper is to study the formation of denomination of origin brand image in two different Spanish wine regions.

Determinants of service quality and impact of service quality and consumer characteristics on channel selection

Md. Mohsan Khudri, Saida Sultana

The purpose of this paper is to seek the determinants of service quality and evaluate the impact of service quality and consumers’ characteristics on channel selection in the…

Layout performance indicators and systematic planning: A case study in a southern Brazilian restaurant

Milena Flessas, Vinicius Rizzardi, Guilherme Luz Tortorella, Diego Fettermann, Giuliano Almeida Marodin

The purpose of this paper is to plan the layout of the production area of an industrial kitchen of a theme restaurant through the application of the systematic layout planning…

A real-time test of food hazard awareness

Caroline Millman, Dan Rigby, Davey Jones, Gareth Edwards-Jones

Food poisoning attributable to the home generates a large disease burden, yet is an unregulated and largely unobserved domain. Investigating food safety awareness and routine…

How food regulators communicate with consumers about food safety

Annabelle M Wilson, Samantha B Meyer, Trevor Webb, Julie Henderson, John Coveney, Dean McCullum, Paul R. Ward

The purpose of this paper is to report how food regulators communicate with consumers about food safety and how they believe consumers understand their role in relation to food…

Drivers of halal orientation strategy among halal food firms

Suhaiza Zailani, Kanagi Kanapathy, Mohammad Iranmanesh, Marco Tieman

– The purpose of this paper is to investigate the factors that motivate the halal food firms in Malaysia to practice halal orientation strategy (HOS).

Understanding the contract structure for mango and empirical analysis of its determinants

Jabir Ali, Sushil Kumar

– The purpose of this paper is to analyze the structure of contractual arrangements in mango orchards and factors affecting the mango contract design in India.

From innovation to co-innovation? An exploration of African agrifood chains

Verena Bitzer, Jos Bijman

Building on recent advances in innovation research on developing country agriculture, this paper explores the concept of co-innovation, i.e. innovations that combine…

How message framing affects consumer attitudes in food crises

Vincent Wayne Mitchell, Cathy Bakewell, Paul Jackson, Claire Heslin

The purpose of this paper is to explore the relationship between consumer risk perceptions and behaviour when information about food risks is framed in a positive or negative way…