The Politics of Grocery Shopping

2014 ◽  
Author(s):  
Josée Johnston ◽  
Norah MacKendrick
Keyword(s):  
Food System ◽  
Grocery Shopping ◽  
System Reform ◽  
Food Politics ◽  
Food Shopping

This chapter examines key debates about consumption and food system reform. It begins with a brief overview of the history and characteristics of consumer food politics. It then introduces a typology of consumer food politics in order to examine the different meanings consumers attach to food politics. It considers the “eco-shopping” perspective, which views political food shopping as an opportunity to replace conventional commodities with options that seem less harmful for people, animals, and the environment. This is followed by a discussion of the limits of eco-shopping.

scholarly journals How the Covid-19 Pandemic Is Changing Online Food Shopping Human Behaviour in Italy

2020 ◽  
Vol 12 (22) ◽  
pp. 9594
Author(s):  
Leonardo Salvatore Alaimo ◽  
Mariantonietta Fiore ◽  
Antonino Galati
Keyword(s):  
Online Shopping ◽  
Grocery Shopping ◽  
Competitive Advantages ◽  
Web Based ◽  
Explanatory Variables ◽  
Food Shopping ◽  
Cumulative Logit Model ◽  
Level Of Satisfaction ◽  
Shopping Experience ◽  
On Line

The advent of the Internet has significantly changed consumption patterns and habits. Online grocery shopping is a way of purchasing food products using a web-based shopping service. The current COVID-19 pandemic is determining a rethinking of purchase choice elements and of consumers’ behavior. This work aims to investigate which characteristics can affect the decision of online food shopping during the pandemic emergency in Italy. In particular, the work aims to analyze the effects of a set of explanatory variables on the level of satisfaction for the food online shopping experience. For achieving this aim, the proportional odds version of the cumulative logit model is carried out. Data derive from an anonymous on-line questionnaire administrated during the first months of the pandemic and filled by 248 respondents. The results of this work highlight that people having familiarity with buying food online, that have a higher educational level and consider food online channels easy to use, appear more satisfied for the food online shopping experience. These findings can be crucial for the future green global challenges as online shopping may help to reach competitive advantages for company sustainability.

Issues in Global Food Politics and Options for Sustainable Food Consumption

2020 ◽  
pp. 1-29
Author(s):  
Luke Amadi
Keyword(s):  
Social Construction ◽  
Food Consumption ◽  
Food System ◽  
International Order ◽  
Food Politics ◽  
Sustainable Food ◽  
Common Assumption ◽  
Key Issues ◽  
Global Food

This chapter reviews key issues in global food politics. The aim is to investigate the character and trajectories of the prevailing food system in the liberal international order and, in particular, explore implications of global food politics on sustainable food consumption. Dominant theorizations of food consumption leverage on a common assumption of its essentially profit-oriented character based on the capitalist appropriation, social construction of consumption, and value augmentation leaving behind the more pressing problem of sustainability.

scholarly journals Changes in Food Consumption During the COVID-19 Pandemic: Analysis of Consumer Survey Data From the First Lockdown Period in Denmark, Germany, and Slovenia

2021 ◽  
Vol 8 ◽  
Author(s):  
Meike Janssen ◽  
Betty P. I. Chang ◽  
Hristo Hristov ◽  
Igor Pravst ◽  
Adriano Profeta ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Food Consumption ◽  
Perceived Risk ◽  
Online Survey ◽  
Food System ◽  
Regional Distribution ◽  
Distribution Data ◽  
Grocery Shopping ◽  
Multinomial Regression ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Rates Of Change

This paper focuses on changes in food consumption that occurred during the COVID-19 pandemic. Its objective is to map changes at individual consumer level and identify the influence of different factors related to the COVID-19 pandemic on changes in individual food consumption. We conducted a cross-sectional online survey among 2,680 residents of Denmark (DK), Germany (DE), and Slovenia (SI) using quota sampling for gender, age and regional distribution. Data on consumption frequencies before and during the pandemic were collected with a food frequency questionnaire in the spring of 2020 (during the first lockdown period) for important types of fresh food and non-perishable food. Our results showed that, depending on the type of food, 15–42% of study participants changed their consumption frequency during the pandemic, compared to before. In all the study countries, the food categories with the highest rates of change were frozen food, canned food, and cake and biscuits; among the food categories with lower rates of change were bread, alcoholic drinks, and dairy products. People across all three countries shopped less frequently during lockdown and there was an overall reduction in the consumption of fresh foods, but an increase in the consumption of food with a longer shelf life in Denmark and Germany. Interestingly though, we observed diverging trends in all food categories analyzed, with some people decreasing and others increasing their consumption frequencies, demonstrating that the pandemic had different impacts on people's lifestyles and food consumption patterns. Using the method of multinomial regression analysis, we identified factors significantly (p < 0.01, p < 0.05, p < 0.1) related to increases and decrease in individuals' consumption frequencies in different food categories. The factors include restrictions put in place in response to the pandemic (i.e., closure of physical workplaces, canteens, cafés and restaurants, schools, and childcare institutions), changes in households' grocery shopping frequency, individuals' perceived risk of COVID-19, income losses due to the pandemic, and socio-demographic factors. Interesting differences between the countries were detected, allowing insights into the different food cultures. Conclusions include implications for policy-makers and actors in the food supply chain on the issues of healthy diets, food system resilience, and behavior change.

scholarly journals Who's Grocery Shopping Online and Why: Cross-Sectional Analysis of a Nationally-Representative Sample Since the Pandemic

2021 ◽  
Vol 5 (Supplement_2) ◽  
pp. 231-231
Author(s):  
Amy Lo ◽  
Emily Duffy ◽  
Shu Wen Ng
Keyword(s):  
Online Shopping ◽  
Age Groups ◽  
Grocery Shopping ◽  
Sociodemographic Characteristics ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Lower Odds ◽  
Funding Sources ◽  
Food Shopping ◽  
Shopper Behavior ◽  
Nationally Representative

Abstract Objectives COVID-19 has created a new normal, affecting food purchasing behaviors, moving a portion of them online. It is unknown how these behavioral shifts may differ by sociodemographic characteristics and whether shifts may widen or diminish existing diet-related disparities. To fill these gaps, we use nationally-representative Consumer Panel survey data to examine shifts in online grocery shopping by sociodemographic characteristics. Methods The Nielsen COVID-19 Shopper Behavior Survey was administered to a subset of Nielsen Homescan panel participants in March-April 2020 (n = 17,262 households (HH)). We describe survey-weighted HH sociodemographic characteristics and reasons for online shopping. Survey weighted-multivariable logistic regression was used to examine sociodemographic correlates of reported increases in online food shopping. Results One third (34%) of our survey-weighted sample said they shopped for groceries online more since COVID-19, and 60% of these HH reported planning to continue shopping online after COVID-19. In adjusted analyses, all age groups (40–54 y, 55–64y, 65 + y) had lower odds of online shopping than heads of HH 39 years or younger (all OR = 0.7, P < 0.001). Lower educated (high school or less) HH had lower odds of online shopping compared to higher educated (college or more) HH (OR = 0.7, P < 0.001). HH in the South had higher odds of online shopping than those in the Northeast (OR = 1.2, P = 0.006). Compared to Non-Hispanic (NH) white HH, Hispanic HH had higher odds of online shopping (OR = 1.2, P = 0.02), and NH Asian HH had lower odds of online shopping (OR = 0.8, P = 0.02). HH with children had higher odds of online shopping compared to households without children (OR = 1.4, P < 0.001). Of those who said they would increase the amount of online shopping they did for everyday items including food (37%), the top reasons were to avoid public germs and COVID-19 (81%), to take advantage of the convenience (44%) and to access a better selection (17%). Conclusions There are disparities in shifts in online shopping behaviors due to COVID-19. Understanding these disparities can inform public health nutrition interventions related to online food shopping. We will assess the August 2020 survey as the pandemic may further change food shopping habits. Funding Sources Arnold Ventures & National Institutes of Health

New Food Activism

2017 ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Sustainable Agriculture ◽  
Food System ◽  
Economic Justice ◽  
Private Ownership ◽  
Food Politics ◽  
Food Activism

New and exciting forms of food activism are emerging as supporters of sustainable agriculture increasingly recognize the need for a broader, more strategic and more politicized food politics that engages with questions of social, racial and economic justice. This book highlights examples of campaigns to restrict industrial agriculture’s use of pesticides and other harmful technologies, struggles to improve the pay and conditions of workers throughout the food system and alternative projects that seek to de-emphasize notions of individualism and private ownership. Grounded in over a decade of scholarly critique of food activism, this volume seeks to answer the question of “what next,” inspiring scholars, students and activists toward collective, cooperative and oppositional struggles for change.

Food shopping, preparation and consumption practices in times of COVID-19: case of Lebanon

2021 ◽  
Vol ahead-of-print (ahead-of-print) ◽  
Author(s):  
Tarek Ben Hassen ◽  
Hamid El Bilali ◽  
Mohammad S. Allahyari ◽  
Laurence Charbel
Keyword(s):  
Food Consumption ◽  
Critical Analysis ◽  
Online Survey ◽  
Policy Implications ◽  
Grocery Shopping ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Food Shopping ◽  
Food Behaviors ◽  
Consumption Practices ◽  
Arabic And English

PurposeRight after announcing the first cases, several governments worldwide have implemented stringent measures to stop the spread of COVID-19. This disruption in individuals' daily routines transformed food consumption habits. Accordingly, the purpose of this paper is to examine the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on food consumption, diet and food shopping behaviors in Lebanon.Design/methodology/approachThe paper draws upon an online survey in Lebanon administered in Arabic and English through the Survey Monkey platform in the period of July 15—August 5, 2020, with 201 adults. The survey findings were analyzed using descriptive statistics, a paired sample t-test and a Phi correlation test.FindingsThe research underlined numerous key consumer tendencies that are currently affecting diet and food behavior in Lebanon. Indeed, the study outcomes suggested (1) a move toward healthier diets; (2) a rise in the consumption of domestic products due to food safety concerns; (3) a change in the grocery shopping behaviors (with a rise in online shopping); (4) a surge of food stockpiling; and (5) a decrease in household food wastage. Surprisingly, COVID-19 seems to generate several positive changes toward more sustainable and healthier consumption patterns in Lebanon.Research limitations/implicationsThese findings contribute to the clarification and critical analysis of the impacts of COVID-19 on food behaviors in Lebanon, which would have several policy implications.Originality/valueThe findings of this first study contribute to the clarification and critical analysis of the impacts of COVID-19 on food behaviors in Lebanon, which would have several policy implications.

Motives for buying local, organic food through English box schemes

2018 ◽  
Vol 120 (7) ◽  
pp. 1600-1614 ◽  
Author(s):  
Shadi Hashem ◽  
Giuseppina Migliore ◽  
Giorgio Schifani ◽  
Emanuele Schimmenti ◽  
Susanne Padel
Keyword(s):  
Food System ◽  
Organic Food ◽  
Principal Component ◽  
Motivation To Change ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Factors Affecting ◽  
Environmentally Sustainable ◽  
Food Shopping ◽  
Organic Food Consumption ◽  
High Level

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to explain the growing interest of English consumers in local organic food sold through box schemes, by providing insights into the motives of customers of such schemes and examining the relationship with their awareness about problems of the agro-food system. Design/methodology/approach A mixed methods approach combined in-depth interviews with 22 box scheme customers with a quantitative survey of 416 consumers, analysed by means of principal component analysis and an ordered logit model. Findings Consumers of small local organic box schemes in England are both altruistically and hedonistically motivated. This includes a strong political motivation to change the current food system, as shown by the strong influence of an anti-globalisation factor and wanting to support small farmers. They perceive local organic food as a more environmentally sustainable alternative to the mainstream food system. The box schemes offer consumers a practical alternative by providing high quality products combined with convenience illustrating the importance of the latter also in local food shopping. This reinforces the possibility to successfully combining the attributes of “local” and “organic”. Research limitations/implications The study was conducted in only one country (England) with about 400 consumers of ten organic farmer-led box schemes. It was based on a self-selecting sample of consumers of such schemes, which included a large proportion of females and people with high level of education. Further research is needed to validate the results. Originality/value This study is the first academic study investigating the main factors affecting consumers’ choice to purchase local organic food through a number of English box schemes. It identifies that such consumers are ethically and politically motivated and show some differences compared with the general literature on organic food consumption.

scholarly journals Brief support and personalised feedback on food shopping to encourage saturated fat reduction: the PC-SHOP randomised controlled trial

2020 ◽  
Vol 79 (OCE2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Carmen Piernas ◽  
Paul Aveyard ◽  
Nerys Astbury ◽  
Jason Oke ◽  
Melina Tsiountsioura ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Cardiovascular Disease ◽  
Primary Care ◽  
Total Energy ◽  
Energy Intake ◽  
Ldl Cholesterol ◽  
Saturated Fat ◽  
Total Energy Intake ◽  
Grocery Shopping ◽  
Food Shopping ◽  
Personalised Feedback

AbstractReducing saturated fat (SFA) intake can lower low-density lipoprotein (LDL)-cholesterol and thereby cardiovascular disease (CVD) but there are no brief interventions sufficiently scalable to achieve this. The Primary Care Shopping Intervention for Cardiovascular Disease Prevention (PC-SHOP) study developed and tested a behavioural intervention to provide health professional (HP) advice alone or in combination with personalised feedback on food shopping, which was delivered using a bespoke tool that created a nutritional profile of the grocery shopping based on loyalty card data from the UK largest supermarket.Participants with raised LDL-cholesterol were randomly allocated to one of three groups: ‘No Intervention’ (n = 17), ‘Brief Support’ (BS, n = 48), ‘Brief Support plus Shopping Feedback’ (BSSF, n = 48). BS consisted of a 10-minute consultation with a nurse to inform and motivate participants to reduce their SFA intake. The BSSF group received brief support as well as personalised feedback on the SFA content of their grocery shopping including lower SFA swaps. The primary outcome was the between-group difference in the change between baseline and 3 months in SFA intake (% total energy intake) adjusted for baseline SFA intake and GP practice. The trial was powered to detect a reduction in SFA of 3% (SD3).There was no evidence of a difference between the groups. Changes in SFA intake from baseline to follow-up were: -0.7% (SD3.5) in BS, -0.9% (SD3.6) in BSSF and -0.1% (SD3.3) with no intervention. Compared to no intervention, the adjusted difference in SFA intake was -0.33%; 95%CI -2.11, 1.44 with BS and -0.11%; 95%CI -1.92, 1.69 with BSSF. There was no significant difference in total energy intake (BS: -152kcal; 95%CI -513, 209; BSSF: -152kcal; 95%CI -516, 211); body weight (BS: -1.0 kg; 95%CI -2.5, 0.5; BSSF: -0.6 kg 95%CI -2.1, 1.0); or LDL-cholesterol (BS: -0.15mmol/L; 95%CI -0.47, 0.16; BSSF: -0.04mmol/L; 95%CI -0.28, 0.36) compared to no intervention.This trial shows that it is feasible to deliver brief advice in primary care to encourage reductions in SFA intake and we have developed a system to provide personalised advice to encourage healthier choices using supermarket loyalty data. This small trial showed no evidence of large benefits but we are unable to exclude more modest benefits. Even a reduction of 1% in SFA intake when replaced by polyunsaturated fat may reduce CVD incidence by 8%, suggesting that a larger trial to assess whether benefits of this size may occur is now warranted.

scholarly journals Women’s perceptions about changes in food-related behaviors at home during COVID-19 pandemic in Chile

2021 ◽  
pp. 1-26
Author(s):  
María-Fernanda Jara ◽  
Barbara Leyton ◽  
Carla Cuevas ◽  
Patricia Galvez Espinoza
Keyword(s):  
Food System ◽  
Food Habit ◽  
Food Preparation ◽  
Grocery Shopping ◽  
Adult Women ◽  
Women’S Perceptions ◽  
Strongly Agree ◽  
Families With Children ◽  
Food Budget ◽  
At Home

Abstract Objective: To explore women’s perceptions of changes in specific food habits at home, specifically the food budget and shopping, and food preparation, during the COVID-19 period. Design: Non-probabilistic, exploratory study. Participants completed an online self-administered questionnaire. Perceptions of food habit changes were measured on a five-point Likert scale (strongly disagree to strongly agree). Data analysis was conducted in STATA v16.0. Setting: Chile. Participants: Adult women between 25- and 65-years old (n= 2047) Results: Of the participants, 72% were responsible for cooking, 69% for buying food, and 85% for child care. Difficulties in organizing and doing food budget works were observed in groups with a lower educational level, lower-income, and single mothers with children. Younger participants, dependent workers, women from biparental families with children, and those in mandatory quarantine perceived more changes in their food shopping and budget management tasks. Participants more educated, with higher income, and non-mandatory quarantine perceived to cook and eat healthier. Older participants perceived minor changes in their food preparation tasks at home; in contrast, more educated women and women from biparental families with children perceived more changes. If women were in charge of the kids or grocery shopping, more food environment changes were noticed. Conclusions: Women perceived changes in their food environments. Some of these changes are perceived worse in the more vulnerable population. COVID-19 presents a challenge for the food system and gender perspectives. This information should be considered in the design of food-related interventions.

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