Food Retail in the Rural Periphery Using the Example of Germany

2020 ◽  
pp. 270-298
Author(s):  
Ulrich Juergens
Keyword(s):  
Federal State ◽  
Expert Interviews ◽  
Learning Potential ◽  
Food Retail ◽  
Niche Marketing ◽  
Commercial Success ◽  
Method Approach ◽  
German Federal State ◽  
Meso Scale

Using a mixed-method approach, the author documents processes of decline in food retail on the spatial meso-scale of a northern German federal state and investigates the attitudes and patterns of demand of households dealing with the loss of local retail. Cluster and discriminant analysis are used to identify five relevant sub-groups, all of which are characterised by an ongoing discourse concerning the local retail structures. The five sub-groups define their (dis)interest in local retail using very different spatial, temporal, and substantial criteria. These criteria are drawn upon by local retailers to develop strength and weakness profiles and identify learning potential in an attempt to use innovative forms of niche marketing to better attract non-users or minimal users. Expert interviews with village shopkeepers and local producers of fresh goods indicate which solutions are being implemented to secure the commercial success of rural local retail in the long term and to distinguish such retail from the offerings of ubiquitous chains of supermarkets and discounters.

scholarly journals German Grocery Discounters: Dynamics and Regional Impact. the Case of Schleswig-Holstein (Germany)

2014 ◽  
Vol 33 (4) ◽  
pp. 17-26 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ulrich Jürgens
Keyword(s):  
Price Adjustment ◽  
Federal State ◽  
Retail Sector ◽  
Expert Interviews ◽  
Comprehensive Collection ◽  
Customer Acceptance ◽  
Discount Stores ◽  
German Food ◽  
German Federal State

Abstract Grocery discount stores have long dominated developments in the German food retail sector, and they continue to grow. This paper discusses the reasons for this long-term success based on internal decision-making parameters such as price, adjustment of product range, choice of location, and size of new stores. The result is significant customer acceptance, but also adverse developments viewed critically in various governance constellations. The paper is based on expert interviews and a comprehensive collection of data on grocery discount stores and supermarkets in the German federal state of Schleswig-Holstein

scholarly journals Prevalence of Alaria alata mesocercariae in wild boars from Brandenburg, Germany

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Carolyn Kästner ◽  
Nadja Seyhan Bier ◽  
Anne Mayer-Scholl ◽  
Karsten Nöckler ◽  
Martin Heinrich Richter ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Wild Boar ◽  
Human Infection ◽  
Federal State ◽  
Wild Boars ◽  
Alaria Alata ◽  
Spatial Fluctuations ◽  
Wild Boar Meat ◽  
German Federal State ◽  
Migration Technique

AbstractSince 2002, Alaria (A.) alata mesocercariae (AM) have been found during routine Trichinella inspection of wild boars in many European countries. To date, human infection with AM through consumption of undercooked or raw AM infested wild boar meat cannot be excluded. In Germany, data on the parasite’s prevalence in wild boars are scarce. To better understand temporal and spatial fluctuations of this parasite, this study investigated the prevalence of AM in wild boars in the German federal state of Brandenburg during three hunting seasons from 2017 to 2020. In total, 28.3% (100/354, 95% CI: 23.3–33.3%) of all wild boars sampled in eight counties of Brandenburg were tested positive for AM by Alaria alata mesocercariae migration technique (AMT). AM were detected in wild boars from seven different counties. Samples from one county (Havelland) tested completely negative for AM (0/16). Prevalences of the seven AM positive counties of Brandenburg ranged from 11.5 (3/26, 95% CI: 2.5–30.1%) in Märkisch-Oderland to 64.1% (25/39, 95% CI: 47.2–78.8%) in Uckermark. An association between sex and A. alata positivity could not be determined. A statistically significant increase in frequency of older AM positive wild boars was observed (p = 0.001). For a nationwide assessment of the prevalence of A. alata in wild boars and the risk for consumers of ingesting viable AM by consumption of raw or undercooked AM infested wild boar meat, further long-term studies in different regions of Germany are needed.

scholarly journals Queensland Family Cohort: a study protocol

BMJ Open ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (6) ◽  
pp. e044463
Author(s):  
Danielle Borg ◽  
Kym Rae ◽  
Corrine Fiveash ◽  
Johanna Schagen ◽  
Janelle James-McAlpine ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Family Environment ◽  
Biological Samples ◽  
Local Governments ◽  
Financial Stability ◽  
Federal State ◽  
Physical And Mental Health ◽  
Future Health ◽  
The Impact

IntroductionThe perinatal–postnatal family environment is associated with childhood outcomes including impacts on physical and mental health and educational attainment. Family longitudinal cohort studies collect in-depth data that can capture the influence of an era on family lifestyle, mental health, chronic disease, education and financial stability to enable identification of gaps in society and provide the evidence for changes in government in policy and practice.Methods and analysisThe Queensland Family Cohort (QFC) is a prospective, observational, longitudinal study that will recruit 12 500 pregnant families across the state of Queensland (QLD), Australia and intends to follow-up families and children for three decades. To identify the immediate and future health requirements of the QLD population; pregnant participants and their partners will be enrolled by 24 weeks of gestation and followed up at 24, 28 and 36 weeks of gestation, during delivery, on-ward, 6 weeks postpartum and then every 12 months where questionnaires, biological samples and physical measures will be collected from parents and children. To examine the impact of environmental exposures on families, data related to environmental pollution, household pollution and employment exposures will be linked to pregnancy and health outcomes. Where feasible, data linkage of state and federal government databases will be used to follow the participants long term. Biological samples will be stored long term for future discoveries of biomarkers of health and disease.Ethics and disseminationEthical approval has been obtained from the Mater Research Ethics (HREC/16/MHS/113). Findings will be reported to (1) QFC participating families; (2) funding bodies, institutes and hospitals supporting the QFC; (3) federal, state and local governments to inform policy; (4) presented at local, national and international conferences and (5) disseminated by peer-review publications.

The issue of assessment of efficiency of works on land reclamation fisheries in inland waters of Russia

2021 ◽  
pp. 8-20
Author(s):  
Andrey Dmitrievich Bykov ◽  
Svetlana Yuryevna Brazhnik
Keyword(s):  
Fish Species ◽  
Land Reclamation ◽  
Long Term Results ◽  
Predatory Fish ◽  
Federal State ◽  
Inland Waters ◽  
Ecological Group ◽  
Spawning Grounds ◽  
Commercial Fish

The article considers the issue of assessing the long-term results of work on fisheries reclamation in inland waters of fisheries significance in Russia, carried out by the branches of the Federal State Budgetary Institution “Glavrybvod” on the state task in terms of their effectiveness. The relationship between dredging and clearing of watercourse beds and the dynamics of the number of producers of semi-navigable and non-aquatic fish in these rivers during spawning migrations has not been established. With long-term mowing of wetland vegetation in the shallow waters of reservoirs, deltas of large rivers and estuaries, there is no increase in their commercial fish productivity. A number of examples show the opposite effect of this type of work, which leads to a local deterioration of the ecological state of these reservoirs. At the same time, the repeatedly proven method of combating higher aquatic vegetation in the reservoirs of the south of Russia in low water conditions as biomelioration, based on the introduction of fish, consumers of autotrophic products by regional branches of the Federal State Budgetary Institution “Glavrybvod” is practically not used. When installing artificial spawning grounds in the littoral zone of reservoirs, regular ichthyological monitoring of the effectiveness of spawning on them is not carried out. There are no reliable data confirming the significant positive impact of artificial spawning grounds on the population dynamics of commercial fish species of the limnophilic ecological group under conditions of significant spring water level depletion in Russian reservoirs. When catching predatory and low-value fish species in water bodies, legal obstacles arise due to the fact that the volume of seizure of predatory fish includes commercial objects for which the ODE is established annually and their catch is already carried out according to industrial quotas.

Central Food Retail: Business Expansion and Brand Architecture Strategy

2018 ◽  
Vol 22 (01) ◽  
pp. 199-218
Author(s):  
Piya Ngamcharoenmongkol
Keyword(s):  
Food Retail ◽  
Brand Architecture ◽  
Company Limited ◽  
Retail Business ◽  
Challenges And Opportunities ◽  
Market Leader ◽  
Central Food ◽  
Retail Company ◽  
Retail Grocery

The retail store market in Thailand continued to grow with more intense competition from key players expanding their operations across retail grocery market segments. Central Food Retail Company Limited (CFR) was the market leader in the supermarket segment targeting the middle to high income groups. As part of the company’s long-term strategy, CFR planned to expand the business into other retail sectors by launching new store formats to capture other customer segments, especially middle- and lowincome groups. These customer segments had been largely served by operators in the hypermarket segment. The challenges and opportunities that CFR faced and the decisions on brand extension strategy and brand architecture strategy were discussed.

scholarly journals A Long-Term Watershed-Scale Partnership to Restore Bull Trout Across Federal, State, Private, and Historic Tribal Land Near Crater Lake National Park, Oregon

Fisheries ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 43 (4) ◽  
pp. 183-193 ◽  
Author(s):  
M. W. Buktenica ◽  
D. K. Hering ◽  
N. Scott ◽  
C. Lambert ◽  
J. McKee ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
National Park ◽  
Crater Lake ◽  
Federal State ◽  
Bull Trout ◽  
Watershed Scale ◽  
Crater Lake National Park ◽  
Tribal Land
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