British Food Journal: Volume 119 Issue 6

Changes in the geography of Brazilian diet diversity

Giana de Vargas Mores, Edson Talamini, Homero Dewes

The purpose of this paper is to present the evolution of Brazilian food patterns, based on the 2002-2003 and 2008-2009 Brazilian Household Budget Surveys (POFs), and to evaluate…

Rethinking household demand for food diversity

Andrea M. Leschewski, Dave D. Weatherspoon, Annemarie Kuhns

The purpose of this paper is to develop a group-based food diversity index, which represents diversity in household expenditures across food subgroups. The index is compared to a…

Daily rhythms of eating in Santiago, Chile

Claudia Giacoman, Daniella Leal, Valentina Rivera

The purpose of this paper is to explore the daily rhythms of eating, namely, the times at which food intake occurs during a day-long period, in Santiago, Chile.

Food expenditure patterns, preferences, policy, and access of Rwandan households

Dave D. Weatherspoon, Marie Steele-Adjognon, Fidèle Niyitanga, Jean Paul Dushimumuremyi, Anwar Naseem, James Oehmke

An extended period of economic growth along with stubborn childhood stunting and wasting levels raises questions about how consumer food purchasing behaviors respond to income…

Effect of householder characteristics, production, sales and safety awareness on farmers’ choice of vegetable marketing channels in Beijing, China

Biao Zhang, Zetian Fu, Jieqiong Wang, Xiaolin Tang, Yousen Zhao, Lingxian Zhang

Farmers’ selection of vegetable marketing channels directly affects their income and is important to stable vegetable supply and food control. The purpose of this paper is to…

Senior consumers and risk/benefit trade-off in functional foods

Aina Ravoniarison

The purpose of this paper is to examine how French senior consumers deal with duality between perceived risk and perceived value associated with functional foods (FFs) and to…

The effect of sales promotions on consumers’ organic food response: An application of logistic regression model

Austin Rong-Da Liang, Wan Yang, Dun-Ji Chen, Yu-Fang Chung

Owing to the wave of consumers concern about food quality, the organic food market has grown rapidly. However, how organic food promotions outweigh the negative impacts of high…

Feeling better when buying more? Harmonious passion and obsessive passion in online food group buying

Yao-Chin Wang, Chen-Tsang Simon Tsai

The purpose of this paper is to understand consumers’ passion types in online food group buying (OFGB) and the following outcomes in buying behavior and mental status.

Consumer preference and willingness to pay for the traceability information attribute of infant milk formula: Evidence from a choice experiment in China

Shijiu Yin, Ying Li, Yingjun Xu, Mo Chen, Yiqin Wang

The purpose of this paper is to provide a basis for government decision makers regarding the gradual popularisation of traceable infant milk formula (IMF) and the construction of…

Using local family farm products for school feeding programmes: effect on school menus

Panmela Soares, Suellen Secchi Martinelli, Leonardo Melgarejo, Suzi Barletto Cavalli, Mari Carmen Davó-Blanes

The purpose of this paper is to explore the effect of the use of food products from family farms on school menus of the school feeding program (SFP) of a municipality in Southern…

Self-crafting vegetable snacks: testing the IKEA-effect in children

Sanne Raghoebar, Ellen van Kleef, Emely de Vet

The purpose of this paper is to test whether the IKEA-effect (Norton et al., 2012) – better liking for self-crafted products than for identical products crafted by others – can be…

The influence of condiment availability on cuisine selection

Robert Pellegrino, Brittany Frederick, Vishwesh Tijare, Ana H. da Silveira Venzel, Alisson A. Rios, Thais M.C. Gomes, Jucilene Sena dos Santos, Han-Seok Seo

In most restaurants or dining facilities, even though a set of condiments such as salt, black pepper, ketchup, and mustard, is placed on the tables, and such condiments are a…

Healthier food choices for children through menu pricing

Julie Kellershohn, Keith Walley, Frank Vriesekoop

The purpose of this paper is to investigate the use of pricing (incentive and deterrent) to shift the purchase decision intent of parents when they order food for their child in a…

Reliability and relative validity of short-food frequency questionnaire

Leila Nikniaz, Jafarsadegh Tabrizi, Homayoun Sadeghi-Bazargani, Mostafa Farahbakhsh, Sanaz Tahmasebi, Soheila Noroozi

The purpose of this paper is to describe reliability and relative validity of the short-food frequency questionnaire (SH-FFQ) used for assessing food groups and nutrient intakes…

Decision tree analysis of wine consumers’ preferences: evidence from an emerging market

Miomir M. Jovanović, Ljiljana Kašćelan, Miljan Joksimović, Vladimir Kašćelan

The purpose of this paper is to analyse the interactive and individual influences of socio-demographic and behavioural-cognitive factors on the frequency and quality of wine…

Self-concept, product involvement and consumption occasions: Exploring fine wine consumer behaviour

David Roe, Johan Bruwer

The purpose of this paper is to examine the extent to which consumer self-concept (self-esteem) and product involvement influences the wine purchase decision at the retail level…

The duration of global agri-food export competitiveness

Štefan Bojnec, Imre Fertő

The purpose of this paper is to examine the pattern, duration and country-level determinants of global agri-food export competitiveness of 23 major global agri-food trading…

Withdrawal of overseas subsidiaries from Asia: the case of the Japanese food industry

Daisuke Takahashi, Tsaiyu Chang

The purpose of this paper is to analyze the factors that have influenced the withdrawal of Japanese overseas food industry subsidiaries from Asia.