British Food Journal: Volume 116 Issue 1

Institutional entrepreneurship in building the Brazilian market of functional yogurts

Felipe Almeida, Nilson de Paula, Huascar Pessali

The aim of this paper is to present an analytical narrative of the construction of the Brazilian market of functional yogurt, highlighting the role of Danone as an institutional…

Digging deeper: How do different types of organic consumers influence the increasing organic market share?

Laura Mørch Andersen, Thomas Bøker Lund

This article aims to investigate how sub-markets with different degrees of maturity develop during a period of general organic growth, and how different consumer segments behave…

South African adult metropolitan consumers' opinions and use of health information on food labels

Magdalena J.C. Bosman, Daleen Van der Merwe, Susanna M. Ellis, Johann C. Jerling, Jane Badham

The globally recognised link between diet and health needs to be communicated to consumers to facilitate healthy food choices. Thus, this paper aims to determine South African…

Evaluation of satisfaction and repurchase intention in online food group-buying, using Taiwan as an example

Shu-Chun Chang, Pei-Yu Chou, Wen-Chien Lo

The purposes of this study are: to investigate the relationship of personal background to online group buying's satisfaction and to establish the relationship between consumer's…

Consumer understanding and use of country-of-origin in food choice

Andrea Insch, Erin Jackson

This study aimed to investigate consumers' understanding of country of origin (CoO) information and its relative importance in the context of their everyday food purchase…

Optimal promotional strategy for intra-category cross-selling: An application to culinary products in Taiwan

Ying-Chan Tang, Yu-Mei Wang, Jiun-Yan Huang

The aim of this paper is to investigate an optimal promotional strategy of intra-category cross-selling on culinary products for the fiercely competitive, fast-moving consumer…

Eating-out and experiential consumption: a typology of experience providers

Daniel Carvalho de Rezende, Matheus Alberto Rodrigues Silva

The purpose of this paper is to describe generic eating out experiences that can be provided by commercial eating out establishments, presenting a typology of experience…

Effects on logistic operations from RFID- and EPCIS-enabled traceability

Henrik Anders Ringsberg, Vahid Mirzabeiki

The paper aims to explore the potential effects on logistic operations of implementing the Electronic Product Code Information Service (EPCIS) standard and radio frequency…

Application of lean practices in small and medium-sized food enterprises

Manoj Dora, Dirk Van Goubergen, Maneesh Kumar, Adrienn Molnar, Xavier Gellynck

Recent literature emphasizes the application of lean manufacturing practices to food processing industries in order to improve operational efficiency and productivity. Only a very…

Private food standard certification: analysis of the BRC standard in Italian agri-food

Roberta Spadoni, Pamela Lombardi, Maurizio Canavari, Martin Hingley

The aim of this paper is to assess the applicability and impact of private food standards – specifically that of the BRC (British Retail Consortium) – in a European country…

Systematic review of omega-3 enriched foods and health

Katie Elizabeth Lane, Emma Derbyshire

– The purpose of this paper is to review evidence from high-quality randomised controlled trials reporting links between omega-3 enriched functional foods and health.

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