Consumer behaviour towards organic food in Portugal

Ventura-Lucas, Maria Raquel; Marreiros, Cristina

doi:10.3920/978-90-8686-762-2_8

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“…Recent trends in food consumption, including increased consumers concern with food safety, genetically modified crops and environmental and health issues related to food scares and food products, have raised the interest in the market development of OFP (e.g., Gil, Gracia, & Sánchez, 2000; Hughner, McDonagh, Prothero, Shultz, & Stanton, 2007; Inceefe, 2012; Ventura‐Lucas & Marreiros, 2012). According to Hemmerling, Hamm, and Spiller(2015), the most studied issues on OFP markets are price/cost and value/benefits for the consumer.…”

Section: Segmentation Of Organic Food Consumersmentioning

confidence: 99%

Does country matter in urban organic food products consumption?

Marreiros

Dionísio

Lucas

2020

Int J Consumer Studies

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The main goal of this paper is to evaluate the possibility of finding international consumer segments in the organic food product (OFP) market. For that purpose, the power of country of residence in discriminating between urban frequent, occasional and non‐consumers of OFP was evaluated; and the most appropriate international segmentation bases for that market were studied. In order to achieve this goal, a survey of organic food consumers from Lisbon (Portuguese) and Berlin (German) was implemented through a structured questionnaire. Upon this, factorial and discriminant analysis was applied to the data. The results highlight the significance of the “Country” variable when distinguishing between groups of urban OFP consumers and non‐consumers as well as between frequent and occasional urban OFP consumers. The different levels of OFP consumption are mostly explained by the level of declared “OFP knowledge”. Therefore, we can conclude that in order to increase the consumption of OFP and dilute the effect of the country variable and to be able to work with international segments, marketers should aim to increase awareness and knowledge on these products. It is important to mention that this study was based on a non‐probabilistic sample and, consequently, generalizations of its conclusions must be made with care.

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Section: Segmentation Of Organic Food Consumersmentioning

confidence: 99%

Does country matter in urban organic food products consumption?

Marreiros

Dionísio

Lucas

2020

Int J Consumer Studies

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“…The wording of the items has varied considerably. Whereas some studies have worded them as statements (Chen, 2007; Chen, 2009; Attieh, 2015), others have used keywords (Ventura-Lucas et al , 2008; Ventura-Lucas and Marreiros, 2013; Teng and Wang, 2015; Drugova, 2019). Synonyms have also been used for the keywords of each item.…”

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“…Moreover, the items vary with respect to the comparative form. For example, for IT1, Teng and Wang (2015) and Rojas–Méndez et al (2015) wrote “healthier than conventional ones”, whereas Ventura-Lucas and Marreiros (2013) removed the comparison by writing “are good for health”. The latter wording appears in the first version of the scale in Spanish (Sánchez García et al , 1998).…”

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Attitudes toward organic products: a cross-national comparison and scale validation

Sarabia-Andreu

Sarabia-Sánchez

Parra-Meroño

et al. 2020

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Purpose This study aims to examine the formal and metric properties of Gil et al.’s (2000) scale of attitudes toward organic products, which is the most popular scale to measure these attitudes. Design/methodology/approach The sample consisted of 4,992 household shoppers living in Hong Kong, Germany, Norway, Spain and the UK. The questionnaire was distributed using a third-party consumer panel, and the fieldwork was conducted using computer-assisted Web interviewing. The approach was based on confirmatory factor analysis and measurement of invariance, as well as format analysis using a wording-syntactic and semantic descriptive method. Findings The scale reflects an attitude-toward-object model approach. Its use has been heavily varied (in terms of wording, item semantics and the attributes to be measured). A two-factor structure that meets the metric conditions (reliability and validity) is found. However, the analysis of invariance shows that the scale behaves differently in different countries. Research limitations/implications This scale offers a good starting point for measuring attitudes toward organic products. However, it requires refinement to adapt to consumer evolution and improve its metric validity. Verification of its applicability in cross-national studies is recommended. Originality/value To the best of the authors’ knowledge, this is the first study that assesses the format and quantitative characteristics of this scale on a cross-national level. For scholars and companies with international interests, preventing the use of scales with poor properties at the transnational level can improve the design of future studies and save money through a more informed choice of attitudinal scale.

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“…The key factor driving the increased demand for organic food was discovered to be certification of quality and safety. [9,11,14] . As a result of recent food scandals in several nations, people regard food safety as a critical and fundamental virtue.…”

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Fostering organic food consumption in India through wellness centers

Khan¹

2022

Int. J. Appl. Res.

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The consumer of the modern era gives due weightage to the quality and safety aspects in his consumption pattern due to increasing concern about nutritive food and health issues. There are various reasons responsible for the shift in the Indian consumers' attitude towards organic food as organic food satisfies the quality and safety concerns of the rationale consumer. But still there is niche market for this food in India. This paper aims to study as to how wellness centres can contribute in increasing the organic food consumption so as to ensure a safer and sufficient food for better health for all. The Analysis is based on Secondary data derived from different Research Papers focused on Health and safety aspects of organic food.

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Consumer behaviour towards organic food in Portugal

Cited by 10 publications

References 42 publications

Does country matter in urban organic food products consumption?

Does country matter in urban organic food products consumption?

Attitudes toward organic products: a cross-national comparison and scale validation

Fostering organic food consumption in India through wellness centers

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