Some of the at home and outdoor meals in the luxury goods category can be grouped into the experience products like the meals with truffle. The truffle consuming behaviour is strongly related to the prestige (hedonist, snobbish, imitator and ostentatious) consuming motivations. We have analysed...

In light of recent food safety crises and international trade concerns associated with food or animal associated diseases, traceability has once again become important in the minds of public policymakers, business decision makers, consumers and special interest groups. This study reviews studies...

Die erhebliche Erweiterung des Weinangebots in den letzten Jahren hat zu einer großen Differenzierung geführt, die nicht nur über eine stärkere Variation der Geschmackseindrücke erkennbar ist, sondern auch durch die zunehmende Verwendung von Qualitätssignalen. Als Qualitätssignale werden...

El mercado alimentario esta siendo sometido a profunos cambios en los paises desarollados tanto desde el punto vista de la oferta como de la demanda. El principal objectivo de este trabajo se centra en el analisis del proceso de aceptacion por parte de los consumidores de dos categorias de...

Shelf-life estimation has become increasingly important due to the growing consumer interest in fresh and safe food products and the European policy indications to consider it as a key issue for the sustainable management of food waste within the supply chains. To date, no legislation on the...

For a variety of reasons, Spanish growth in demand for organic and integrated products has not kept up with supply. This work focused on the effect of information and sensory issues on purchase behaviour in relation to sustainable agricultural production. Using experimental auctions and results...

Die Qualitätsbeurteilung von Wein stellt für Verbraucher beim Kauf eine besondere Herausforderung dar. In dieser Untersuchung wurden die Präferenzen von Konsumenten von Öko-Lebensmitteln für Wein analysiert, um die relative Bedeutung verschiedener Produkteigenschaften für die...

The study focuses on various types of food safety risks: biological (zoonoses), chemical (chemical treatment of the meat) and technological (use of genetically modified feed). The emphasis was on how the perceived risks affect the purchase intentions in the case of broiler meat. In the case of...

This paper analyses the changing competence requirements which members of the food chain face in their pursuit of competitive advantage. Two groups of trends serve as point of departure: more dynamic and heterogeneous consumer demands, which can be analysed in terms of consumer demands for...

The Canadian egg industry has introduced a number of specialty eggs, including Omega-3, organic, free run/range, vitamin enhanced and vegetarian over the past few decades. These eggs are generally sold at prices higher than the ‘normal’ egg and there has been little analysis of the consumer...