Im August 2022 erreichte die Inflationsrate mit 7,9 % wieder den Höchststand vom Mai 2022. Während sich der Preisauftrieb bei Kraftstoffen etwas abschwächte, beschleunigte er sich bei Haushaltsenergie und Nahrungsmitteln. Die Preissprünge bei Energie und Nahrungsmitteln dominieren weiterhin...

Der vorliegende Beitrag betrachtet zentrale Aspekte des Lebensmittel-Onlinehandels in Deutschland. Die Entwicklung hin zu einer größeren Vielfalt in der Art und Weise wie Lebensmittel beschafft werden können, ist sehr komplex und unterliegt zahlreichen Trends. Technologischer Fortschritt und...

Intensive discussions about discarding food in recent weeks were prompted by a study commissioned by the German Bundestag and supported by the German Federal Ministry of Nutrition, Agriculture, and Consumer Protection. Spiegel online said on March 13, 2012: Europe's waste would suffice twice to...

As obesity and being overweight continue to increase in the United States, public concern is growing about the quality of American diets. We compare the changes in nutrients contributed by major food groups in the periods 1953-1980 and 1981-2008 and find that there is reduced cholesterol intake...

The purpose of this paper is to update the information on net food importing countries, using different definitions of food, separating countries by their level of income, whether they are in conflict and whether they are significant oil exporters. The study also estimates the changes in net...

It is well documented that a large share of new products does not survive their first year in the market. Research reported in this paper examined the relationship between product quality and innovation success. In contrast to existing product innovation literature that focused on industrial...