Attitudes towards, and purchasing of, Scottish beef and beef products in Scotland – A short communication

Abstract

Attitudes and preferences of the main shopper in households (n = 203) across Scotland towards beef and beef products that were produced in Scotland were assessed by questionnaire. Consumer panel purchase data from the preceding six-months were collected for those households by Kantar Worldpanel. Beef products from Scotland accounted for 39% (by value) of all beef purchases, with an additional 46% from Great Britain and 9% from Ireland. Participants tended to report that being locally produced was an important factor when they bought beef and beef products, although this was not reflected in higher proportions of these products being purchased. Participants who rated local production of higher importance did not buy a higher proportion of beef from Scotland than did participants who rated it as less important (41% and 37% respectively, P = 0.448). Stated preferences for locally produced beef and beef products are not translated into higher amounts purchased.

Factors affecting the changes in meat and meat product consumption of high school students: A logistic regression analysis

“…Many studies have been conducted on the knowledge, attitudes, beliefs and animal welfare issues towards meat and meat product consumption in worldwide (Verbeke and Viaene, 1999;Guenther et al, 2005;Krystallis et al, 2007;Yen et al, 2008;Whybrow and Macdiarmid, 2018). However, relatively few studies have only explored the factors that affect changes in meat and meat product consumption (Verbeke and Vackier, 2004;Latvala et al, 2012).…”