British Food Journal: Volume 119 Issue 7

Live, Eat, Love: life equilibrium as a driver of organic food purchase

Melika Husic-Mehmedovic, Maja Arslanagic-Kalajdzic, Selma Kadic-Maglajlic, Zlatan Vajnberger

The purpose of this paper is to disentangle the effect of life equilibrium on organic food purchase intentions through a consideration of the evaluation of intrinsic and extrinsic…

Segmenting the organic food market in Lebanon: an application of k-means cluster analysis

Malak Tleis, Roberta Callieris, Rocco Roma

The purpose of this paper is to discover profiles of organic food consumers in Lebanon by performing a market segmentation based on lifestyle and attitude variables and thus be…

Factors driving consumption behavior for green aquatic products: Empirical research from Ningbo, China

Yongtao Li, Changbiao Zhong

The purpose of this paper is to investigate the factors that influence consumers’ consumption behavior with regard to green aquatic products from a social cognitive theory…

Application of the analytical hierarchy process to evaluate consumer acceptance and preferences for omega-3 enriched eggs

Yasmina Baba, Zein Kallas, Carolina Realini

The purpose of this paper is to analyse the appropriateness of the analytical hierarchy process (AHP) to measure consumers’ acceptance and preference for eggs enriched with…

Quality preferences and pricing of fresh-cut salads in Italy: new evidence from market data

Vittoria Pilone, Antonio Stasi, Antonio Baselice

In Europe fresh-cut fruit and vegetables, is one of the major growing segments in agro-food sector. Current literature reports a limited number of studies about consumers’…

Information used in food shoppers’ vegetable purchasing decisions in Chinese societies

Jane Lu Hsu, Charlene W. Shiue, Kelsey J.-R. Hung

The purpose of this paper is to reveal influential information used in vegetable purchasing decisions of household primary food shoppers in China and in Taiwan.

Food deserts: is it only about a limited access?

Francine Rodier, Fabien Durif, Myriam Ertz

Previous research has extensively examined “food deserts,” where access to healthy food is limited. However, little is known of the buying behavior at the individual household…

Specialty food retailing: examining the role of products’ perceived quality

Cristina Calvo-Porral, Jean-Pierre Lévy-Mangin

The purpose of this paper is to address the following issue: “Does the products’ perceived quality influences the consumer behaviour in the specialty retailing setting?”

Consumer-perceived quality characteristics of chicken meat and chicken meat products in Southeast Europe

Dubravka Skunca, Igor Tomasevic, Nevijo Zdolec, Rezear Kolaj, Georgi Aleksiev, Ilija Djekic

The purpose of this paper is to analyse consumer perception of quality characteristics of chicken meat and chicken meat products in Southeast European countries (Albania, Bosnia…

Importance of wine attributes: a South African Generation Y perspective

Benjamin Wilhelm Lategan, Chris D. Pentz, Ronel du Preez

The purpose of this paper is to: determine the relative importance that Generation Y consumers indicate for 13 wine attributes in their selection of wine; determine if these wine…

Ethical intentions among frontline employees working in the US-based fast food chains in Pakistan: The moderating role of love of money

Muhammad Kashif, Amira Khattak

Following the theory of planned behavior (TPB), the purpose of this paper is to explore the relationships between ethical decision-making attitude, perceived behavioral control…

Components of the menu planning process: the case of five star hotels in Antalya

Faruk Seyitoglu

The purpose of this paper is to understand how chefs working at five star hotels perceive the menu planning process.

A destination’s gastronomy as a means for holiday well-being

Peter Björk, Hannele Kauppinen-Räisänen

To provide insights into holiday well-being, the purpose of this paper is to examine two inevitable traveller activities related to destinations’ gastronomy: pre-trip food…

Towards successful adoption of Halal logistics and its implications for the stakeholders

Abid Haleem, Mohd Imran Khan

The purpose of this paper is to understand the major critical success factors (CSFs), which are instrumental for effective adoption and implementation of Halal logistics (HL) in…

Linking Halal food certification and business performance

Mohamed Syazwan Ab Talib, Thoo Ai Chin, Johan Fischer

The purpose of this paper is to explore the relationship between Halal food certification (HFC) and business performance. This study argues that Halal food certificate…

Observed food safety behaviors among consumers and employees in university food courts

EunSol Her, Soobin Seo, Jihee Choi, Victor Pool, Sanja Ilic

The purpose of this paper is to examine food safety behaviors of consumers and employees at university food courts.

Occurrence of extended-spectrum β-lactamase, AmpC and virulence genes in Escherichia coli isolates from vegetable salads in Morocco

Kaotar Nayme, Abouddihaj Barguigua, Brahim Bouchrif, Idrissa Diawara, Fatima El Otmani, Naima Elmdaghri, Khalid Zerouali, Mohammed Timinouni

The purpose of this paper is to assess the occurrence of the extended-spectrum β-lactamases (ESBLs) and AmpC β-lactamase genes in 144 Escherichia coli isolates recovered from 160…