Eating alone or together: Exploring university students’ eating patterns before and during the COVID-19 pandemic DOI Creative Commons
Daniel Mensah, Helena Tuomainen

Food and Foodways, Год журнала: 2024, Номер 32(2), С. 163 - 185

Опубликована: Март 26, 2024

Commensality with close friends and acquaintances increases opportunities for social connectedness, creates a sense of belonging, may reduce the risks isolation among students. The outbreak COVID-19 pandemic subsequent lockdown disrupted daily routines relationships. This put an increased number university students at risk emotional loneliness. Little research has focused on commensal eating practices loneliness before or during in UK elsewhere. study explored these themes using one-to-one interviews 13 undergraduate postgraduate England. A hybrid approach to thematic analysis deductive inductive reasoning was adopted which is data-driven but informed priori by questions. Emergent findings include (1) pre-COVID-19 practices: meal-skipping, varying lunch-time rituals, dinner as most important meal regarding content commensality; (2) Eating lockdown: healthier patterns, limited commensality, feelings loneliness, reliance digital media. opportunity transform erratic into more regular patterns cook homemade meals. Many were alone time expressed leading media virtual commensality socially interact family whilst enjoying meal.

Язык: Английский

Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Online Consumer Purchasing Behavior DOI Creative Commons
Shengyu Gu, Beata Ślusarczyk,

Sevda Hajizada

и другие.

Journal of theoretical and applied electronic commerce research, Год журнала: 2021, Номер 16(6), С. 2263 - 2281

Опубликована: Сен. 8, 2021

With the spread of COVID-19 pandemic and increasing importance e-commerce, study online consumer behavior is particular relevance. The purpose this was to form a methodological approach assess relationships level influence factors activating purchasing consumers against background pandemic. research methodology based on transformation Cattell’s questionnaire implementation correlation analysis. To determine predisposition at time making purchase decision, used method. survey conducted among shoppers in top 10 countries terms e-commerce market growth. scientific contribution proposed toolkit consumers, which identifies most influential their provides an opportunity dynamics activity during period, identify key trends changes behavior. revealed what buying are typical impact awareness experience has increased. Online have become more experienced, influenced This proved shifting speed decision by when goods services determined.

Язык: Английский

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Impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic on household food waste behaviour: A systematic review DOI Open Access
Mohammad Iranmanesh, Morteza Ghobakhloo, Mehrbakhsh Nilashi

и другие.

Appetite, Год журнала: 2022, Номер 176, С. 106127 - 106127

Опубликована: Июнь 14, 2022

Язык: Английский

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Does circular economy knowledge matter in sustainable service provision? A moderation analysis DOI Creative Commons
Michael Odei Erdiaw‐Kwasie, Matthew Abunyewah, Salifu Yusif

и другие.

Journal of Cleaner Production, Год журнала: 2022, Номер 383, С. 135429 - 135429

Опубликована: Дек. 7, 2022

Research has shown that achieving sustainable advantage requires building organisational competencies and dynamic capabilities. It therefore become imperative to extend the understanding of service research by exploring antecedents services. Drawing on organisational-level variables, this study examines effects institutional factors (IF), contextual (CF), strategic (SF) adoption circular economy (CE) within organisations their impact provision. The paper further how knowledge moderates CE practice adoption. Using 'Ghana's sector as a case study, 493 top-management employees from 267 were surveyed using simple random sampling. found lay foundation for adoption, enhances relationship. Additionally, contributes provision via three channels: (1) longevity, (2) sharing, (3) ownership. results confirm indicators are relevant predicting outcomes shed light managerial implications.

Язык: Английский

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“I guess it's quite trendy”: A qualitative insight into young meat-eaters’ sustainable food consumption habits and perceptions towards current and future protein alternatives DOI Creative Commons
Hannah Ford, Joanne Gould, Lukas Danner

и другие.

Appetite, Год журнала: 2023, Номер 190, С. 107025 - 107025

Опубликована: Сен. 9, 2023

As the market for sustainable food continues to expand, there is a need understand how consumers' consumption habits and perceptions are changing. Targeting younger populations of interest as they arguably will shape future food. Therefore, present study aimed provide in-depth consumer insights on range topics from current (i.e., meat reduction, plant-based meat/seafood (PBM/S)), towards protein alternatives cell-based (CBM/S), precision fermented dairy (PFD)). Online focus groups were conducted in UK with meat-eaters (n = 38) aged 18-34. Codebook thematic analysis was applied using Framework Matrix tool data analysis. Key themes presented COM-B model (Capability, Opportunity, Motivation), which identified areas behavioural change. Results found trend partially initiated by moving away home limited budgets. Overall, participants acknowledged environmental impact food, but notable knowledge gap apparent when quantifying effect, especially seafood. Compared PBM, few had tried PBS products, due lower availability familiarity. Enablers PBM/S included convenience, positive sensory experiences influence others, whilst barriers related negative health connotations over-processing. For CBM/S PFD, animal welfare, curiosity optimised nutrition acted enablers, wider acceptance, affordability unnaturalness. In general, felt changing can have an climate change optimistic about novel technologies supporting transitions. Increasing public understanding around seafood dairy, prioritising suggested intervention strategies encourage consumption.

Язык: Английский

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A Bibliometric Analysis of Sustainable Food Consumption: Historical Evolution, Dominant Topics and Trends DOI Open Access
Kristia Kristia, Sándor Kovács, Zoltán Bács

и другие.

Sustainability, Год журнала: 2023, Номер 15(11), С. 8998 - 8998

Опубликована: Июнь 2, 2023

The major goal of this study is to trace the emergence SFC-related research across time, using a thematic map and list corresponding publications. In addition, aims determine author who has made most significant contribution particular field. This provides comprehensive bibliometric analysis historical development current trends in sustainable food consumption research, examining 2265 articles published between 1990 2023. Using bibliometrics package R Studio software version 4.2.1 its Biblioshiny package, from Scopus Web Science databases are examined. field consumption, we identify five distinct phases: initial stagnation, infant growth, post-economic crisis, expanding phase COVID-19 post-pandemic. While on broader sustainability topics can be traced back early 20th century, very limited number was 1990s. However, publications increased incrementally over with notable uptick interest around 2015, subject still being discussed 2022. pandemic marked beginning recent which analyzed patterns consumers before after pandemic. Our highlights key authors, documents sources related consumption. United States, Italy Kingdom emerged as active contributors were additionally countries largest global market shares for organic products. Major sub-themes including food, waste, security, together consumer behavior products appeared researched times. results suggest that more low share. investigation actual data carbon footprints greenhouse gas emissions resulting production essential gain holistic insights.

Язык: Английский

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Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Changes in Consumer Purchasing Behavior in the Food Market with a Focus on Meat and Meat Products—A Comprehensive Literature Review DOI Creative Commons
Jagoda Żurek, M. Rudy

Foods, Год журнала: 2024, Номер 13(6), С. 933 - 933

Опубликована: Март 19, 2024

The coronavirus has wreaked havoc on the global economy before eyes of entire world. Due to evolving consumer needs and expectations during pandemic, supply demand for various goods services varied from pre-COVID-19 period. This article aims understand changes in purchasing food choices, focusing particularly meat products, made by consumers households response crisis caused COVID-19 pandemic. study also indicates impact directions these assesses magnitude contribution determinants that influenced them. literature review 2020 2023 was conducted using Scopus Web Science scientific databases. identified sociodemographic individual factors as main influencing consumers' or eating behavior. Positive shifts (e.g., implementing strategies better manage at home through activities like creating shopping lists, average increase spending store visits, decrease visit frequencies) negative shortages products stores due panic buying, unusually high resulting stockpiling, fewer fresh increased consumption unhealthy foods snacking, among other factors) isolation were motivation, mental state) gender, age, income level, education). While had a greater behavior early stages socio-demographic became more important pandemic progressed.

Язык: Английский

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Innovation and creativity in a time of crisis: A perspective of small tourism enterprises from an emerging destination DOI
Gde Indra Bhaskara, Viachaslau Filimonau,

Ni Made Sofia Wijaya

и другие.

Tourism Management Perspectives, Год журнала: 2023, Номер 46, С. 101093 - 101093

Опубликована: Фев. 23, 2023

Язык: Английский

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Religious values and social distance as activators of norms to reduce food waste when dining out DOI Creative Commons
Viachaslau Filimonau,

Jorge Matute,

Magdalena Kubal-Czerwińska

и другие.

The Science of The Total Environment, Год журнала: 2023, Номер 868, С. 161645 - 161645

Опубликована: Янв. 16, 2023

Empirical research is required to identify psychological and psychographic factors which can activate or amplify norms of foodservice customers towards food waste reduction. By surveying 446 in Poland, a country with large population religion followers, this study examines the influence religious values on personal explores moderating effect social distance injunctive norms. The results indicate that do not directly but affect them indirectly via such mediating as feeling compassion family upbringing. Close encounters, friends, while distant fellow countrymen, not. This suggests measures for reduction should be designed appeal customers' compassion. also remind their (grand)parents friends would disprove waste.

Язык: Английский

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Disentangling the sources and scale of food waste in households: A diary-based analysis in Lithuania DOI
Ovidija Eičaitė, Tomas Baležentis

Sustainable Production and Consumption, Год журнала: 2024, Номер 46, С. 195 - 207

Опубликована: Фев. 17, 2024

Язык: Английский

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Do Living Arrangements and Eating Habits Influence University Students’ Food Waste Perception in Italy and Poland? DOI Open Access
Małgorzata Miśniakiewicz, Vera Amicarelli, Grzegorz Chrobak

и другие.

Sustainability, Год журнала: 2024, Номер 16(5), С. 2102 - 2102

Опубликована: Март 3, 2024

Consumers’ perception plays a central role in tackling food waste at the final consumption stage, specifically among university students. In Europe, it is estimated that 47 to 67 Mt of generated household level or service consumption, including canteens. The present cross-country research, through an online-based questionnaire students, investigates students’ on by distinguishing two different categories: one side, students living with their family; other without family. Further, research distinguishes eating canteens, preparing home, purchasing take-away foods and coming back home eat. study compares Italy Poland, overarching purpose shaping sustainable pathways defining educational interventions enhance awareness waste. Data are analyzed according Mann–Whitney U test Kruskal–Wallis test. Age pivotal factor suggests generational gap attitude toward waste, whereas sex significantly affects Poland but not Italy, suggesting more homogeneous across sexes. highlights impacts socio-economic environmental crises (e.g., climate change, Russia–Ukraine conflict, high inflation rates) have which closer Russia Ukraine compared provides academics, practitioners public authorities practical theoretical insights minimization.

Язык: Английский

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