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DOI	10.1016/j.gloenvcha.2018.02.002
	Convenience or price orientation? Consumer characteristics influencing food waste behaviour in the context of an emerging country and the impact on future sustainability of the global food sector
	Aschemann-Witzel J.; Giménez A.; Ares G.
发表日期	2018
ISSN	0959-3780
起始页码	85
结束页码	94
卷号	49
英文摘要	The extent of food waste raises concern about its effect on natural resource use, food security and future sustainability of the international food sector. It is expected that emerging countries with a growing middle class will exhibit a similar extent and pattern of consumer-related food waste, which is disturbing given that food waste coexists with food insecurity. However, the topic is yet under-researched, as are potential actions against food waste. Through an experimental survey, individual consumer characteristics explaining self-reported food waste at home and choice of price-reduced suboptimal food otherwise wasted in stores were explored among a sample of 1124 Uruguayan consumers. Results showed that food waste was higher among price and convenience-oriented, but lower for value conscious consumers. Choice of suboptimal food was more likely for price-oriented consumers and less likely for convenience-oriented ones. Gender and age explained wastage and choice of suboptimal food. Perceived norms did not play any role, but perceived quality of suboptimal food had a major effect. For packaged foods, value consciousness decreased suboptimal food choice likelihood, while convenience orientation decreased the latter for fresh foods. Consumer price orientation impacted food waste when related to eating food waste incidents more than to storage food waste incidents. The findings show that convenience orientation is a driver of food waste behaviours both when shopping and at home. However, findings imply that tackling food waste requires context-specific consumer-targeted strategies: food market stakeholders should appeal to value consciousness in the household, and perceived quality and price orientation in the store. © 2018 Elsevier Ltd
英文关键词	Consumer behaviour; Convenience; Food waste; Price orientation; Suboptimal food; Sustainability
学科领域	climate effect; consumption behavior; environmental economics; experimental study; food consumption; food quality; food security; food waste; future prospect; global perspective; price dynamics; sustainability; Uruguay
语种	英语
scopus关键词	climate effect; consumption behavior; environmental economics; experimental study; food consumption; food quality; food security; food waste; future prospect; global perspective; price dynamics; sustainability; Uruguay
来源期刊	Global Environmental change
文献类型	期刊论文
条目标识符	http://gcip.llas.ac.cn/handle/2XKMVOVA/117159
作者单位	MAPP Centre - Research on Value Creation in the Food Sector, Aarhus University, Fuglesangsalle 4, Aarhus V, 8210, Denmark; Sensometrics & Consumer Science, Instituto Polo Tecnológico de Pando, Facultad de Química, Universidad de la República, By Pass de Rutas 8 y 101 s/n. C.P. 91000. Pando, Canelones, Uruguay
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714	Aschemann-Witzel J.,Giménez A.,Ares G.. Convenience or price orientation? Consumer characteristics influencing food waste behaviour in the context of an emerging country and the impact on future sustainability of the global food sector[J],2018,49.
APA	Aschemann-Witzel J.,Giménez A.,&Ares G..(2018).Convenience or price orientation? Consumer characteristics influencing food waste behaviour in the context of an emerging country and the impact on future sustainability of the global food sector.Global Environmental change,49.
MLA	Aschemann-Witzel J.,et al."Convenience or price orientation? Consumer characteristics influencing food waste behaviour in the context of an emerging country and the impact on future sustainability of the global food sector".Global Environmental change 49(2018).