Czech Consumers’ Preference for Organic Products in Online Grocery Stores during the COVID-19 Pandemic

Zámková, Martina; Rojík, Stanislav; Prokop, Martin; Činčalová, Simona; Stolín, Radek

doi:10.3390/ijerph192013316

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“…Our results support the findings of the literature which state that COVID-19 pandemic has changed attitudes of households towards food consumption [58]. Consumers are more likely to buy LOF, and there is a strong link between their net monthly income and the likelihood to buy LOF [59].…”

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Pre- and during COVID-19: Households’ Willingness to Pay for Local Organic Food in Italy

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Food demand and food supply have been heavily affected by the COVID-19 pandemic. To understand changes in households’ behavior related to the pandemic, we investigated the willingness to pay for local organic apples before and during the COVID-19 pandemic. We assessed the changes that occurred within families, estimating separate models for the two members of a couple. Our findings show that respondents have a positive price premium for local organic apples, whose consumption helps reduce the environmental costs associated with food production. The median estimated values during the pandemic ranged from 34% to 250%. Overall, respondents show a positive mean willingness to pay, which increased with the pandemic. The socio-economic variables are the most important in explaining the willingness to pay, while the behavioral variables have more heterogeneous results, even if lifestyle and the request for information through the label are also important variables. The pandemic tended to narrow the gaps in preferences between members of a couple. In conclusion, the local and organic dimensions are embodied in the short chain, in which knowledge and trust in the producer are crucial elements in the consumer’s choices.

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Pre- and during COVID-19: Households’ Willingness to Pay for Local Organic Food in Italy

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“…For example, the frequency of online organic food purchases in the Czech Republic increased with the level of education. The same applied to the respondents' income (Zámková et al 2022). However, unlike our research, the studies conducted in the Czech Republic were not directly related to the purchase of food, but through online channels.…”

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Risk-indicative or sustainable consumption? Consumers’ risk perception on conventional and organic food products in Poland

Mazur-Włodarczyk,

Wódkowska,

Gruszecka-Kosowska

2024

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The consumption of organic food is becoming increasingly popular and, to avoid numerous threats to human health and the natural environment, the issues devoted to it require greater attention from decision-makers, producers, and consumers. Consumer decisions have an impact on shaping food consumption patterns and recently the trend of the consumption of conventional versus organic food products has been widely discussed. This is especially true given the fact that the area of human health is strongly related to the consumption of food products produced under the challenges of environmental protection and sustainability. The study aimed to investigate if the perception of consumption among Polish respondents was risk-indicative or sustainable based on the animal, fruit, and vegetable products purchased from conventional or organic production. The results revealed that fruit and vegetable consumption was not identically related with socio-demographic features, but the income level equally affected consumer choices regarding the purchase of organic food products. Gender and marital status only influenced decisions regarding the purchase of organic fruit. The consumption of animal products regarding the frequency of their consumption did not reveal the features of sustainability. The metal accumulation index (MAI) for conventionally cultivated vegetables was not higher for all of the investigated vegetables, namely pumpkin, spring onion, cabbage, lettuce, spinach, and garlic. Our study contributes to addressing the knowledge gap on consumer choices about organic food products in Poland.

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“…The issue of gender preferences in the purchase of organic food is addressed in, e.g., [11,48,[52][53][54][55][56]. The issue of preferences for buying organic food according to education has been addressed by, e.g., [48,[52][53][54][57][58][59].…”

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National Labelling System of Organic Agriculture and Food Products—How Familiar Are Czech Consumers with the National Organic Agri-Food Brand?

Zámková,

Rojík,

Prokop

et al. 2024

Agriculture

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The organic market in the Czech Republic has been growing dynamically, mainly in the last two decades. It is increasing the number of organic farms and producers of organic food. It was also identified as growing in popularity with Czech customers in the period before the COVID-19 pandemic. In the Czech Republic, organic products are labelled with a national brand called “bio zebra” under direct control of the Czech Ministry of Agriculture. The dependence of the recognition of this brand on selected socio-demographic indicators (gender, age, education, net monthly household income, number of household members, number of children in the family, size of the municipality) was evaluated in a sample of 1197 respondents in total using logistic regression, and the course of partial dependence on individual sociodemographic indicators was monitored in more detail using contingency table analysis. Significant relationships were found between the recognition of this agri-food brand and gender, education, net monthly household income, number of members and children in the family, and size of the municipality where the consumers live. The proportion of respondents who know the label was higher among women and increased with education level, net monthly household income, number of household members and municipality size.

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Czech Consumers’ Preference for Organic Products in Online Grocery Stores during the COVID-19 Pandemic

Cited by 11 publications

References 80 publications

Pre- and during COVID-19: Households’ Willingness to Pay for Local Organic Food in Italy

Pre- and during COVID-19: Households’ Willingness to Pay for Local Organic Food in Italy

Risk-indicative or sustainable consumption? Consumers’ risk perception on conventional and organic food products in Poland

National Labelling System of Organic Agriculture and Food Products—How Familiar Are Czech Consumers with the National Organic Agri-Food Brand?

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