Elderly consumers and their food store experiences

Meneely, Lisa; Strugnell, Christopher; Burns, Annette

doi:10.1016/j.jretconser.2009.06.006

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“…This is consistent with findings from another study 20 . Living alone, spoilage and cost were also mentioned particularly in relation to high-protein foods, due to the common need for cooking most highprotein foods, their often perishable nature, and often high cost.…”

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The Consumption of Protein-Rich Foods in Older Adults: An Exploratory Focus Group Study

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Appleton²

2013

Journal of Nutrition Education and Behavior

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Objective: Many older adults consume inadequate protein for their needs. This study explored the factors associated with the consumption of high-protein foods in older adults.Design: Participants over the age of 65 years (N=28) took part in one of four focus group discussions on meat, fish, eggs, dairy products, nuts and pulses. Discussions were audiotaped, transcribed, and analyzed using thematic content analysis.Results: Numerous and various reasons for the consumption and non-consumption of high-protein foods were reported. Many of these reasons result from reductions in chemosensory, dental and physical abilities, and changes in living situation in the older population, and have impact specifically on high-protein foods due to their often hard, perishable and need-to-be-cooked nature, and high cost.Conclusions and Implications: Further work is required to establish the importance of each of these reasons in relation to protein intakes, to prioritise those of likely greatest impact for increasing intakes.

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Section: Environment-based Reasonssupporting

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The Consumption of Protein-Rich Foods in Older Adults: An Exploratory Focus Group Study

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Appleton²

2013

Journal of Nutrition Education and Behavior

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“…This is particularly true for consumers of a higher age and those who shop at grocery stores more often. We thus identify the relevance of shopper logistics in a grocery retail setting for elderly and frequent shoppers and thereby confirm work by Keillor et al (1996), Meneely et al (2009), Reutterer and Teller (2009) and Teller and Gittenberger (2011).…”

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The relevance of shopper logistics for consumers of store-based retail formats

Teller

Kotzab

Grant

2012

Journal of Retailing and Consumer Services

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“…The sampling approach consisted of two stages: In order to target the most appropriate informants in terms of store patronage by older shoppers within households, we first drew a purposive sample and included only those consumers older than sixty who had no disabilities that substantially constrained them in their daily lives and who were able to carry out their grocery shopping themselves (Burt & Gabbott, 1995;Meneely, Strugnell, & Burns, 2009a). We chose a cut-off age of sixty, in line with other studies on store patronage by elderly consumers (e.g.…”

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“…Accessibility in this sense indicates the convenience of physical access in terms of how easy, quick, problem-free and safe it is to get to stores (e.g. Meneely, Strugnell, & Burns, 2009a;Solgaard & Hansen, 2003). Since personal mobility deteriorates with age, the accessibility of stores becomes more important for older consumer cohorts (Moschis et al, 2004).…”

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“…Such risks are more frequent in stores that lack consideration of specific needs of elderly consumers in terms of their product offer (e.g. Hare, 2003;Meneely et al, 2008;Meneely, Strugnell, & Burns, 2009b). Stores with a wider and deeper product range reduce such purchase-related risk by giving older consumers more choice in finding products and promotions that satisfy their age related requirements and make it easier to substitute a product in the case of an out-of-assortment and out-of-stock situation at the point of sale (Emmelhainz, Emmelhainz, & Stock, 1991;Ratner, Kahn, & Kahneman, 1999).…”

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Cognitive age and grocery-store patronage by elderly shoppers

Teller

Gittenberger

Schnedlitz

2013

Journal of Marketing Management

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This paper discusses and evaluates the impact of cognitive (or self-perceived) age on grocery store patronage by elderly shoppers. Cognitive age is seen to be a more accurate reflection of changes related to age and aging than chronological age. Based on self-concept theory, the authors propose that cognitive age moderates the effects of perceptions of store attributes on satisfaction with a store. The hypotheses tests used a sample of 404 supermarket patrons aged 60 and above. The latent construct, cognitive age, was operationalised by six items: feel, look, do, interest, health and think age. The cognitive ages of our respondents proved to be significantly lower than their chronological ages. To evaluate the moderating effects, we applied the product indicator approach using variance-based structural equation modelling.The results show that the impacts of product range, manoeuvrability and atmosphere within the store on satisfaction become significantly stronger with increasing cognitive age. We conclude that cognitive age dimensions influence perceptions and, subsequently, behaviour related to store patronage and thus contribute to the understanding of the growing segment of elderly shoppers. Summary statement of contribution:The contribution of this paper is to provide a theoretical rationale and empirical evidence for considering cognitive age as a substantial influencer and predictor of store patronage by elderly shoppers. Thus, we call for a stronger consideration of self-perceived age dimensions, along with chronological age, in research and marketing related to older consumer cohorts.

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Elderly consumers and their food store experiences

Cited by 77 publications

References 44 publications

The Consumption of Protein-Rich Foods in Older Adults: An Exploratory Focus Group Study

The Consumption of Protein-Rich Foods in Older Adults: An Exploratory Focus Group Study

The relevance of shopper logistics for consumers of store-based retail formats

Cognitive age and grocery-store patronage by elderly shoppers

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