Food and non-food retail change in a post-communist country:A case study of the Gemer region in Slovakia

Bilková, Kristína; Križan, František; Horňák, M; Barlík, Peter; Zubriczký, Gabriel

doi:10.2478/bog-2018-0001

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“…In recent years, the organic food retail business in the Czech Republic, as in many other European countries, has undergone a structural change [ 1 , 2 ]. This change is most distinct in the reduction of retail shops, the higher competition due to the emergence and the development of various new store formats [ 3 , 4 ]. Environmental and health problems have increased the interest of researchers and practitioners in investigating the factors that affect organic food and agriculture consumption [ 5 , 6 , 7 ], specifically e. g. problems of health and environmental impact of protein or minerals consumption etc.…”

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Czech Consumers’ Preference for Organic Products in Online Grocery Stores during the COVID-19 Pandemic

Zámková

Rojík

Prokop

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A major advantage of online organic produce shopping is the fact that it saves energy and reduces emissions otherwise generated by customers during their time spent on the road and while shopping. Organic products in general positively impact sustainability, the environment, and the regions of their origin along with the social changes in these regions and further rural development. Moreover, these products positively impact the perceived health benefits and quality of food labeled as organic. The Czech Republic has currently seen a rise in organic food purchasing and supply trends. This study maps the factors possibly influencing consumers’ decision to go shopping for organic food online. Observed factors include the following demographic characteristics of consumers (respondents): gender, age, education, household income, number of children in the household and number of household members. A total of 757 respondents from the Czech Republic from September 2020 to December 2020 took part in the research. Logistic regression, used for data processing, identified the statistically significant effects of education, income and number of household members on online purchases. These conclusions were confirmed by a detailed contingency tables analysis, including the almost monotonous trend of the dependencies, with only minor deviations in a maximum of one category. The strongest influence of some categories on the emergence of partial dependencies was found by residue analysis. The research confirmed that the frequency of online grocery shopping increases significantly with increasing education and income of respondents and decreases with increasing the number of household members. Most respondents apparently shop for groceries online because of time savings, better product choice and more convenient and easier search.

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Czech Consumers’ Preference for Organic Products in Online Grocery Stores during the COVID-19 Pandemic

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“…Marginal and marginalized territories in the cultural landscape represent a specific environment with distorted functional and spatial relationships that result from the uneven functioning of mutually conditioned political, economic, social, cultural and environmental factors (Szczyrba et al, 2013;Bilková et al, 2018;Ira, 2019, Vaishar andŠťastná, 2019). Marginality research focused on many different topics which considered the scale and type of marginal region that the specific research is dealing with (Hanušin et al, 2020).…”

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Shopping Behavior and Access to Food in the Areas of Slovakia with Dispersed Settlements: A Case Study

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Jakab

Forgáč

2023

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The aim of the research was a spatial and functional analysis of the accessibility of retail food environments in relation to the inhabitants of dispersed settlements who are socially and geographically disadvantaged in purchasing g food. The consumer behavior and food shopping habits of the inhabitants of these areas largely depend on the spatial and functional characteristics of the dispersed settlement and the surrounding area. In terms of food consumption, an important determinant is the availability of convenience stores, defined by the economic and physical ability to access food sources. The ability to access stores is strongly influenced by transport options and transport infrastructure. The investigated area belongs to a group of specific areas with dispersed settlements. This type of settlement, typical in the mountains of Slovakia and on the border with the Czech Republic, can also be found around the town of Nová Baňa, located in the west of central Slovakia. This area consists of two towns and 12 municipalities and is referred to as the “Novobanská štálová oblasť ”. These specific territories are characterized by a lack of access to fresh and affordable food, which can contribute to social disparities in diet and endanger people's health with various serious diseases. Spatial identification of areas with difficult access to food stores in the Novobanská štálová area has been a pioneering attempt to visualize areas with the highest demand for improvement in food access, and this process may be helpful in identifying other areas with similar characteristics. The methods utilized represent an accessible, transparent and reproducible process for assessing the accessibility of grocery stores. These methods can be used for cost-effective, periodic surveillance and meaningful engagement with communities, retailers and policy makers. The conclusions and results of our research should positively contribute to the growing debate on the inequality of living conditions and marginalization of rural municipalities.

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“…The opposite perception occurs in the case of consumers from municipalities with a larger population. This may be related to the lack of food stores and food variability in less populated municipalities (Bilková et al, 2018).…”

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Consumer perception of food value: A comparative study of global supermarkets and local farmers' markets in Slovakia

Križan,

Bilková,

Novotná

et al. 2023

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The paper explores how Slovak consumers perceive the value of food, sold by different retail formats (especially farmers’ markets and supermarkets), in terms of the quality, price, and healthiness. The aim of this paper is to evaluate consumer perceptions regarding global and local types of retail stores where they buy food most frequently. In the study, the segmentation of consumers by generation, income, and type of residence is provided. From the methodological point of view, Mann-Whitney U and Kruskal-Wallis tests are used to test hypotheses. According to the sample of respondents (n = 1,004), large-scale stores do not offer healthier and higher-quality food. This perception, however, varies based on the income of the consumer groups. On the other hand, respondents perceive that food sold at farmers’ markets is healthier and of higher quality than food in conventional stores. They do not perceive that food sold at farmers’ markets is cheaper than food in conventional stores.

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Food and non-food retail change in a post-communist country:A case study of the Gemer region in Slovakia

Cited by 8 publications

References 56 publications

Czech Consumers’ Preference for Organic Products in Online Grocery Stores during the COVID-19 Pandemic

Czech Consumers’ Preference for Organic Products in Online Grocery Stores during the COVID-19 Pandemic

Shopping Behavior and Access to Food in the Areas of Slovakia with Dispersed Settlements: A Case Study

Consumer perception of food value: A comparative study of global supermarkets and local farmers' markets in Slovakia

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