scholarly journals Food Purchase Behavior during The First Wave of COVID-19: The Case of Hungary

2022 ◽  
Vol 19 (2) ◽  
pp. 872
Author(s):  
Tamás Madarász ◽  
Enikő Kontor ◽  
Emese Antal ◽  
Gyula Kasza ◽  
Dávid Szakos ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Hierarchical Cluster ◽  
Purchase Behavior ◽  
Consumer Attitude ◽  
Multivariate Statistical ◽  
Consumer Motivation ◽  
Motivation Factors ◽  
Food Purchase ◽  
Gender And Age ◽  
Hungarian Population ◽  
The Impact

Coronavirus disease (SARSCoV-2) appeared in 2019 was confirmed as pandemic by the WHO on 11 March 2020. Stay-at-home order had an impact on consumers’ food purchase habits, as people around the world were able to leave their homes solely in extremely severe or urgent cases. In our research, we delve into the impact of COVID-19 pandemic on consumers’ food purchase habits. The research involved 3000 consumers during the first wave of coronavirus. The sample represents the Hungarian population by gender and age. To achieve the research goals, we applied multivariate statistical tools. The findings suggest that the pandemic could not change consumer attitude significantly, but the order of factors influencing purchases changed. Consumer motivation factors were organized into four well-distinguished factors: Healthy, domestic, and environmentally friendly choice; Usual taste and quality; Reasonable price; Shelf life. Due to the lack of outstanding data during segmentation, we developed four segments by hierarchical cluster analysis: Health- and environment-conscious women; Price sensitive young people; Taste-oriented men; Quality-oriented intellectuals. The results confirm that food manufacturers and traders need to be prepared for further restrictions in the future.

scholarly journals Multiple Correspondence and Hierarchical Cluster Analyses for the Profiling of Fresh Apple Customers Using Data from Two Marketplaces

Foods ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 9 (7) ◽  
pp. 873
Author(s):  
Masoumeh Bejaei ◽  
Margaret A. Cliff ◽  
Amritpal Singh
Keyword(s):  
Multiple Correspondence Analysis ◽  
Hierarchical Cluster ◽  
Purchase Behavior ◽  
Eating Quality ◽  
Visual Appearance ◽  
Special Event ◽  
Fixed Weight ◽  
Apple Cultivars ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Selection Of

Purchase behavior and preferences for consumers of fresh apples were investigated using a consumer survey conducted at a special-event apple market. Survey respondents were asked to list apple cultivars they had purchased at the retail market and the special-event market. The special-event market offered many uncommon cultivars packed in clear plastic bags with a fixed weight and price. Respondents were also asked to identify their reasons for selection of each apple cultivar and answer demographic questions. A total of 169 customers completed the survey. Profiles of customers were identified using multiple correspondence analysis (MCA) and hierarchical cluster analysis (HCA), and the impact of the change in available apple cultivars on consumers’ purchase behavior was explored. Consumers primarily indicated four main reasons in the selection of their apples: visual appearance, previous experience, taste/aroma, and texture. The first two reasons, evaluated before eating an apple, were loaded on the first MCA dimension, while the last two reasons (i.e., eating quality) were loaded on the second dimension in data from both marketplaces. HCA identified five classes of customers in both markets, and results indicated that similar market segments existed within the two marketplaces, regardless of the availability of apple cultivars.

The Impact of Food-Related Values on Food Purchase Behavior and the Mediating Role of Attitudes: A Swiss Study

2013 ◽  
Vol 30 (9) ◽  
pp. 765-778 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mirjam Hauser ◽  
Fridtjof W. Nussbeck ◽  
Klaus Jonas
Keyword(s):  
Purchase Behavior ◽  
Mediating Role ◽  
Food Purchase ◽  
The Impact

Spatial distribution and sources of dissolved trace metals in surface water of the Wei River, China

2013 ◽  
Vol 67 (4) ◽  
pp. 817-823 ◽  
Author(s):  
Li Jing ◽  
Li Fadong ◽  
Liu Qiang ◽  
Song Shuai ◽  
Zhao Guangshuai
Keyword(s):  
Drinking Water ◽  
Trace Metals ◽  
Trace Metal ◽  
Principal Component ◽  
Hierarchical Cluster ◽  
Environmental Data ◽  
Multivariate Statistical ◽  
Drinking Water Standard ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Wei River

For this study, 34 water samples were collected along the Wei River and its tributaries. Multivariate statistical analyses were employed to interpret the environmental data and to identify the natural and anthropogenic trace metal inputs to the surface waters of the river. Our results revealed that Zn, Se, B, Ba, Fe, Mn, Mo, Ni and V were all detected in the Wei River. Compared to drinking water guidelines, the primary trace metal pollution components (B, Ni, Zn and Mn) exceeded drinking water standard levels by 47.1, 50.0, 44.1 and 26.5%, respectively. Inter-element relationships and landscape features of trace metals conducted by hierarchical cluster analysis (HCA) identified a uniform source of trace metals for all sampling sites, excluding one site that exhibited anomalous concentrations. Based on the patterns of relative loadings of individual metals calculated by principal component analysis (PCA), the primary trace metal sources were associated with natural/geogenic contributions, agro-chemical processes and discharge from local industrial sources. These results demonstrated the impact of human activities on metal concentrations in the Wei River.

scholarly journals Attitude towards Green Consumption among College and University Students in Bahawalpur Pakistan

2019 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
pp. 15-28
Author(s):  
Asma Fazal
Keyword(s):  
Purchase Intention ◽  
Positive Impact ◽  
Strong Relationship ◽  
Purchase Behavior ◽  
Consumer Attitude ◽  
Daily Lives ◽  
Green Consumption ◽  
College And University ◽  
Goods And Services ◽  
The Impact

Green consumption is using goods and services to fulfill needs, adopting a better lifestyle while decreasing the consumption of natural assets, unhealthy material and outflow of waste and impurities in daily lives to save the environment for future generations. The main objective was to identify the impact of Green Attitude on green purchase intention and green purchase behavior along with sub variables. The study was conducted in the area of South Punjab, Pakistan in which the students were taken as consumers to find out if the consumer attitude has any impact on green purchase intention and green purchase behavior. The population of the study was students enrolled in colleges and universities of South Punjab Pakistan which includes the levels of study intermediate, graduation, masters, MPhil and PhD with the sample of 250. SPSS software was used to interpret the collecting data to draw results. This study has limited data, limited time, limited and limited sources, limited population, due to which results of this study may not be generalizable to other population or place. The conclusion of the study was that there is a positive impact of Attitude on Green Purchase Intention and Green Purchase Intention and there is positive and slightly strong relationship between the independent and dependent variables.

Not just intentions: predicting actual purchase behavior in sport sponsorship context

2021 ◽  
Vol ahead-of-print (ahead-of-print) ◽  
Author(s):  
Konstantinos Koronios ◽  
Lazaros Ntasis ◽  
Panagiotis Dimitropoulos ◽  
Vanessa Ratten
Keyword(s):  
Structural Equation ◽  
Empirical Studies ◽  
Equation Model ◽  
Purchase Intentions ◽  
Purchase Behavior ◽  
Consumer Attitude ◽  
Sport Sponsorship ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Comprehensive Framework ◽  
The Impact

PurposeThe scope of this study was to underline the specific aspects of positive consumer attitude and behavior related to sports sponsorship. In more detail, the purpose of this study was to establish a comprehensive sponsorship framework integrating Beliefs about sponsorship, Sponsor's Image, Fans' Attachment with the team, Team's Performance, Fans' Sport Involvement, Sponsors' Sincerity, Awareness of Sponsors, Attitude toward Sponsors, Purchase intentions and Actual Purchases.Design/methodology/approachQuantitative method was utilized and a sum of 2,752 questionnaires were effectively assembled and analyzed by means of SPSS and AMOS. The results of a structural equation model provide an exceptional conceptual framework that underlines the significance of comprehending the role of important factors in sponsorship efficiency.FindingsThis paper provides the context for a discussion. It shows that various antecedents have a significant effect on real – instead of just intentions – purchase behavior regarding sponsors' products and services.Research limitations/implicationsVarious implications for future researches as well as strategies to boost the advantages for both sport clubs and sponsoring firms can be drawn from the suggested model.Originality/valueUp to present, only a handful of empirical studies have looked at the effect of sponsorship on the consumer. The majority of sponsorship studies measure the impact of the sponsorship effort on the recall and recognition of sponsors, with empirical results being inconclusive, with some studies showing high levels of recall and recognition while others show only marginal impact on recall and recognition. The present research provides a comprehensive framework, which can guide future studies by isolating the effect of sponsorship on actual purchase behavior, instead of just estimating individuals' purchase intentions.

scholarly journals Chemometric Assessment and Best-Fit Function Modelling of the Toxic Potential of Selected Food Packaging Extracts

Molecules ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 23 (11) ◽  
pp. 3028
Author(s):  
Błażej Kudłak ◽  
Natalia Szczepańska ◽  
Miroslava Nedyalkova ◽  
Vasil Simeonov ◽  
Jacek Namieśnik
Keyword(s):  
Food Packaging ◽  
Vibrio Fischeri ◽  
Hierarchical Cluster ◽  
Data Interpretation ◽  
Environmental Pollutant ◽  
Multivariate Statistical ◽  
Experimental Conditions ◽  
Function Modelling ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Best Fit

Food packaging materials constitute an ever more threatening environmental pollutant. This study examined options to specifically assess the ecotoxicity of packaged wastes, such as cans, subjected to various experimental treatments (in terms of extraction media, time of exposure, and temperature) that imitate several basic conditions of the process of food production. The extracts were studied for their ecotoxicity with bioluminescent Vibrio fischeri bacteria. The first objective of this study was to find patterns of similarity between different experimental conditions; we used multivariate statistical methods, such as hierarchical cluster analysis, to interpret the impact of experimental conditions on the ecotoxicity signals of the package extracts. Our second objective was to apply best-fit function modelling for additional data interpretation, taking into account, that ecotoxicity for various temperature conditions is time- and temperature dependent. We mathematically confirmed that chemometric data treatment allows for better understanding how different experimental conditions imitating the real use of food packaging. We also demonstrate that the level of ecotoxicity depends on different extraction media, time of exposure, and temperature regime.

scholarly journals The Influence of Adtrust (Trust In Advertising) on Current and Future Purchases of Consumers: A Study of Hair Products in Pakistan

2020 ◽  
Vol 16 (1) ◽  
pp. 30-43
Author(s):  
Aisha Yusuf Mesiya ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Large Data ◽  
Target Population ◽  
Purchase Behavior ◽  
Consumer Trust ◽  
High Involvement ◽  
Gender And Age ◽  
Product Choices ◽  
Independent Variable ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Vast Range

With a vast range of choices available for products from low to high involvement, one of the factors to initiate a purchase is the product’s advertising technique, which can even go wasted if the potential consumers of the product lack trust in the information conveyed through its advertisement. This paper attempts to investigate the impact of consumer trust in advertising on purchase behavior of hair products (shampoos) in Pakistan, and aims to look at their relationship through the moderators of gender and age. The target population for the study is consumers of various shampoo brands available for use and being advertised in Pakistan. The sample comprises of 200 respondents belonging to different demographic categories from Karachi, where all the various forms of advertisement media are in function at large. Data was gathered through a structured questionnaire filled by the respondents, bearing 23 items related to the independent variable of Trust in Advertising and the dependent variable of Consumer Purchase Behavior (current and future purchase). After the analysis of data, the results showed that trust in advertising and purchase behavior have significant relationship with each other, but only the sub-variable of Affect bears significant impact on purchase behavior. With a vast range of product choices available from low to high involvement, product brands and advertising companies should take into account the trust factor at large, otherwise potential consumers of the product might become disloyal if they lack trust in the information conveyed through its advertisement

Achieving Favourable Organic Food Purchase Behavior through the Mediating Role of Healthy Lifestyle: A Perspective of Health Economics

2021 ◽  
Vol 39 (10) ◽  
Author(s):  
Sarker Rafij Ahmed Ratan ◽  
Huam Hon Tat ◽  
Ahamd Shaharudin Abdul Latiff ◽  
Devika Nadarajah
Keyword(s):  
Health Economics ◽  
Healthy Lifestyle ◽  
Organic Food ◽  
Theoretical Development ◽  
Purchase Behavior ◽  
Healthy Lifestyles ◽  
Mediating Role ◽  
Food Purchase ◽  
The Impact

Health Economics is used to promote healthy lifestyles and positive health outcomes constantly.  In this circumstance, organic business and healthy lifestyles have received increasing attention all over the world, especially in Bangladesh. However, finding out proper influencing factors is still unexplored in the sphere of a healthy lifestyle in the organic sector. In addition, business bodies and policymakers are also searching for effective models in the organic market. This paper proposes a model by synthesizing a good number of notable latest articles that highlight the mediating role of a healthy lifestyle with other variables like attitude, subjective norms, perceived behavioral control, perceived benefit, and food safety concern on organic food purchase behavior. Literature is taken form Google Scholars, Science Direct, Web of science and other common platforms. This study addresses a gap in the literature and practical needs for better comprehending the impact of healthy lifestyle of organic food market. The limitations and implications of this study will be discussed for theoretical development and future research direction.

Unemployment as an indicator of economic security in the employment sector: A regional dimension

2020 ◽  
Vol 16 (4) ◽  
pp. 715-729
Author(s):  
T.N. Savina
Keyword(s):  
Comparative Analysis ◽  
Age Groups ◽  
National Development ◽  
Federal District ◽  
Economic Security ◽  
Employment Policy ◽  
Multivariate Statistical ◽  
Band Theory ◽  
The Republic ◽  
The Impact

Subject. To achieve a high level of economic security is a key priority of national development. Employment reveals one of the most important aspects of social development of the individual that is associated with his or her needs satisfaction in the sphere of employment and is boon to economic security. Objectives. The purpose of the study is to show the impact of unemployment on economic security in employment. Methods. I apply such scientific methods as dialectical, historical and logical unity, structural and functional analysis, traditional techniques of economic analysis and synthesis. The methods of multivariate statistical and comparative analysis serve as a methodological basis of the study. To determine the indicator of unemployment, I use the band theory. Results. I underpin the growing role of employment in ensuring economic security. The paper presents a comprehensive assessment of the unemployment status and a comparative analysis of the indicator in the Republic of Mordovia, the Volga Federal District, and the Russian Federation as a whole. I identify trends in the average duration of unemployment, show the distribution of unemployed by level of education and age groups. Conclusions. The average annual unemployment rate in the Republic of Mordovia is lower than in Russia and the Volga Federal District. The findings may be useful for public authorities to substantiate their employment policy at both macro- and meso-levels, for designing programs and strategies for socio-economic development of regions and the social security doctrine, as well as in practical activities of employment services.

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