An Evaluation of the Hygiene Practices of Polish Street Food Vendors in Selected Food Trucks and Stands

Wiatrowski, Michał; Czarniecka-Skubina, Ewa; Trafiałek, Joanna; Rosiak, Elżbieta

doi:10.3390/foods10112640

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“…The “foodie” movement has also grown in popularity; more people are eager to try authentic and fusion cuisines at food trucks and appreciate their exotic atmosphere and novel concept (Shin et al ., 2018; Yoon and Chung, 2018). When visiting food trucks, customers can also socialise with individuals who share similar interests (Wiatrowski et al ., 2021). However, consumers are discouraged from visiting and returning to food trucks due to unappealing food, poor hygiene, high prices, environmental risks and violations of food truck regulations (Loh and Hassan, 2022).…”

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The rise of the food truck phenomenon: an integrated model of consumers' intentions to visit food trucks

Koay

Cheah

Ganesan

2023

BFJ

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PurposeIn recent times, the market for food trucks has been growing due to customers seeking convenient food options. However, not many studies have been carried out to understand why consumers choose to visit food trucks. Hence, the purpose of this study is to understand consumers' intentions to visit food trucks through the theoretical lenses of the theory of planned behaviour (TPB) and the theory of consumption values (TCV).Design/methodology/approachA purposive sampling method was utilised to gather data from 203 food truck customers through a cross-sectional online survey. Data were evaluated using partial least squares structural equation modelling (PLS-SEM).FindingsThe findings indicate that attitudes, subjective norms and perceived behavioural control have a significant positive impact on consumers' intentions to visit food trucks. Furthermore, taste value, health value, emotional value and epistemic value have a significant positive effect on attitudes. However, neither price value nor interaction value has a significant impact on attitudes.Originality/valueThis study represents a pioneering effort in combining the theoretical perspectives of the TPB and the TCV to investigate consumers' intentions to visit food trucks. The resulting integrated model provides a more comprehensive understanding of the factors that influence consumers' decisions to visit food trucks. The findings are expected to furnish food truck vendors with valuable insights on crafting efficient marketing and operational tactics to retain their existing customer base and entice new consumers.

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The rise of the food truck phenomenon: an integrated model of consumers' intentions to visit food trucks

Koay

Cheah

Ganesan

2023

BFJ

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Food hygiene and sanitation knowledges and practices of street food vendors: A systematic review

Cataluna,

Rukmini

2024

IOP Conf. Ser.: Earth Environ. Sci.

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Food safety is critical to avoid side effects arising from contamination in protecting public health. Hygiene and sanitation knowledge and practice are factors influencing food safety performance. Meanwhile, food hygiene and sanitation are still an issue for some of the street vended food that need to investigate further. This study aims to present an overview of street food vendors’ sanitation and hygiene. This systematic review used the PRISMA guidelines as its methodology. Using databases including EBSCOHOST, Scopus, Taylor & Francis, Wiley Online, and PubMed, relevant and related studies were found. Food hygiene, food sanitation, street food vendors, and handlers of street food represent the keywords for the identification procedure. Only 18 of the 3022 publications that were identified from such databases were included in the final paper criteria.

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Ethiopian Street Foods: Working Conditions and Governance Perspectives. A Qualitative Study

Moges,

Rodland,

Argaw

2024

Environ�Health�Insights

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Introduction: Street foods are foods and beverages as either ready for direct consumption or minimally processed, prepared, and/or sold by vendors and handlers. The objective of this study was to explore the condition and governance of street foods in Ethiopia. Method: A qualitative exploratory study was employed from December 2022 to January 2023 in Addis Ababa, Hawassa, Dire Dawa, and Jimma, cities of Ethiopia. Twelve respondents comprised key informants from selected governmental sectors were interviewed. The purposive sampling method was used to recruit study participants. The number of participants interviewed was determined by the information saturation criterion, and data were collected at the interviewee’s offices. Data were collected by using key informant interview technique and audio recorded. An interview guide was used to facilitate interviews and thematic analysis was employed. The Overall data management process was conducted using Atlas-ti V 8 software. Result: The result revealed there were 4 thematic areas these were street food vendors and vending process, policy content and implementation, integration and coordination of sectors, and the way forward. The street food vendors prepared their food in an insanitary manner, absence of common working places for the vendors, lack of due emphasis for the street food vendors in the national food and nutrition policy, lack of formalization and legalization of street food vendors, poor coordination among sectors and institutions work on street food governance, and weakness on the implementation of rules and regulations in controlling street food vendors were the prominent gaps that were identified in the policy. Conclusion: Though Ethiopia has a national food and nutrition policy, the policy doesn’t adequately address the street food vending sector. Besides, it is not well communicated to the implementers resulting in poor policy implementation. Quantifying socio-economic benefits of street food vending activities in Ethiopia needs further investigation.

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An Evaluation of the Hygiene Practices of Polish Street Food Vendors in Selected Food Trucks and Stands

Cited by 4 publications

References 88 publications

The rise of the food truck phenomenon: an integrated model of consumers' intentions to visit food trucks

The rise of the food truck phenomenon: an integrated model of consumers' intentions to visit food trucks

Food hygiene and sanitation knowledges and practices of street food vendors: A systematic review

Ethiopian Street Foods: Working Conditions and Governance Perspectives. A Qualitative Study

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