Food waste in time of COVID-19: The heterogeneous effects on consumer groups in Italy and the Netherlands

Masotti, Matteo; Haar, Sandra van der; Janssen, A.J.H.; Iori, Elisa; Zeinstra, Gertrude G.; Bos-Brouwers, H.E.J.; Vittuari, Matteo

doi:10.1016/j.appet.2022.106313

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“…Finally, the results of this study highlight that food preparation and management skills, particularly the availability of time dedicated to preparing food, have a stronger link with lower levels of food waste declared by households, when compared with the impact of motivations and attitudes. This is consistent with the most recent literature on household food waste drivers, which evidences a prominent role of time availability as a driver for reductions in food waste at the household level [55][56][57][58].…”

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Tell Me What You Waste and I’ll Tell You Who You Are: An Eight-Country Comparison of Consumers’ Food Waste Habits

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Using an original survey conducted in eight countries in 2021 (Canada, China, Germany, Italy, Russia, Spain, the UK, and the USA), this study explored the relationship between household food waste and dietary habits through a cross-country comparative perspective. In total, 8000 questionnaires were recorded from samples representative of the adult population of each country through an online survey conducted between the 13th and the 24th of August. The questionnaires were developed from the Waste Watcher International Observatory on Food and Sustainability, an international study of the social, behavioral, and lifestyle dynamics behind household food waste. The relationships between the per capita self-reported amount of food waste (expressed in kilocalories) and self-declared dietary habits (traditional, healthy and sustainable, vegetarian, smart, and confused) were estimated using multiple linear regression models. The results showed that smart diets are associated with higher values of food waste in Canada, Spain, the UK, and the USA. Vegetarian diets are associated with lower food waste values in China, Germany, the UK, and the USA, but not in Italy, Russia, and Spain. The share of the population adopting a smart diet was, on average, 2.7% of the sample; therefore, interventions for food waste reduction should focus on these specific types of consumers, who are often associated with larger amounts of food waste.

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“…Finally, results of the study highlight that food preparation and management skills and, in particular, the availability of time to be dedicated to food have a stronger link to low levels of food waste declared by the households, when compared to the impact of motivations and attitudes. This is consistent with the most recent literature on household food waste drivers, that evidences a prominent role of time availability as driver for the reduction of food waste at the household level [33][34][35][36].…”

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Tell me what you waste and I’ll tell you who you are. An eight-country comparison of consumers food waste related habits

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Starting from an original survey conducted in eight countries in 2021 (Canada, China, Germany, Italy, Russia, Spain, UK, and USA), this research explores the relationship between household food waste and dietary habits in a cross-country comparative perspective. 8,000 questionnaires were recorded from samples representative of adult population of each country through an online survey conducted between the 13th and the 24th of August. The questionnaires were built on the work of Waste Watcher International Observatory on Food and Sustainability, an international observatory of social, behavioral and lifestyles dynamics behind household food waste. Relationship between per capita self-reported amount of food waste (expressed in kilocalories) and self-declared dietary habits (Traditional, Healthy and Sustainable, Vegetarian, Smart, Confused) was estimated using multiple linear regression models. Results show that Smart diets are associated with higher values of food waste in Canada, Spain, UK and USA. Vegetarian diets are associated to lower food waste values in China, Germany, UK and USA but not in Italy, Russia and Spain. Since the share of population adopting a Smart diet is on average 2.7% of the sample, interventions for food waste reduction should focus on this specific type of consumers, often associated to larger amounts of food waste.

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“…12 Although the COVID-19 pandemic did not compromise food safety in general, 13 it most definitely had an impact on consumer purchasing and eating behavior, 14,15 demands, 16 shopping preferences, 17 consumption expenditures 18 and even quantities of food waste. 19 However, evidence of how the COVID-19 pandemic affected consumer trust in food safety is scarce.…”

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“…Trust in food safety is a complex theory, including multiple dimensions that different factors can alter; for example, (inter)national food scandals and crises, such as mad cow disease in the UK, Japan, and Canada 9‐11 or dioxin in Belgium 12 . Although the COVID‐19 pandemic did not compromise food safety in general, 13 it most definitely had an impact on consumer purchasing and eating behavior, 14,15 demands, 16 shopping preferences, 17 consumption expenditures 18 and even quantities of food waste 19 . However, evidence of how the COVID‐19 pandemic affected consumer trust in food safety is scarce.…”

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Eurasian consumers' food safety beliefs and trust issues in the age of COVID‐19: evidence from an online survey in 15 countries

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BACKGROUNDThis investigation provides an important insight into Eurasian consumers' food safety beliefs and trust issues influenced by the COVID‐19 pandemic. An online survey was conducted in 15 European and Asian countries involving more than 4000 consumers.RESULTSIt has confirmed that different socioeconomic characteristics, cultural aspects and education levels shape food safety perceptions within Eurasian countries. The COVID‐19 pandemic influenced their beliefs and trust in food safety, which is relatively low on average. However, it is significantly higher for European consumers (especially European Union ones) compared to their Asian counterparts. Both Asian and European respondents agreed that food fraud and climate changes represent a food safety issue. However, European consumers were less concerned regarding the food safety of genetically modified foods and meat and dairy analogs/hybrids. Asian consumers were, to a greater extent, worried about the risk of getting COVID‐19 from food, restaurants, food retail establishments and home food deliveries.CONCLUSIONEurasian consumers have put their greatest extent of trust, when food safety assurance is concerned, into food scientists and food producers holding a food safety certificate. Broadly, they are uncertain to what extent their federal governments and food inspectors are competent, able and efficient in ensuring food safety. Higher education of Eurasian consumers was followed by increased food safety confidence in all parts of the food chain. © 2023 The Authors. Journal of The Science of Food and Agriculture published by John Wiley & Sons Ltd on behalf of Society of Chemical Industry.

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Food waste in time of COVID-19: The heterogeneous effects on consumer groups in Italy and the Netherlands

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Tell Me What You Waste and I’ll Tell You Who You Are: An Eight-Country Comparison of Consumers’ Food Waste Habits

Tell Me What You Waste and I’ll Tell You Who You Are: An Eight-Country Comparison of Consumers’ Food Waste Habits

Tell me what you waste and I’ll tell you who you are. An eight-country comparison of consumers food waste related habits

Eurasian consumers' food safety beliefs and trust issues in the age of COVID‐19: evidence from an online survey in 15 countries

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