Purpose – The purpose of this paper is twofold: to describe and evaluate the life grid as a methodology for historical research; and to provide an example application investigating the dynamics of family meals over a lifetime by pairing life course theory with the life grid method of obtaining...

Purpose – The purpose of this article is to determine the uses of mixed method research designs published in major marketing journals. Design/methodology/approach – This study involved a content analysis of 2,166 articles published between 2003 and 2009 in nine prominent marketing journals....