Food Safety and Quality in Connection with the Change of Consumer Choice in Czechia (a Case Study)

Severová, Lucie; Svoboda, Roman; Šrédl, Karel; Prášilová, Marie; Soukup, Alexandr; Kopecká, Lenka; Dvořák, Marek

doi:10.3390/su13116505

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“…Approximately 22% of respondents were moderately to very familiar with HACCP certifications for rice and vegetables in Vietnam [34]. In accordance with Sekovska, the study found that consumers who are familiar with quality certifications were likely to have higher income levels, higher education, and tend to shop more in supermarkets than in the local markets [3]. Respondents in this study had high education levels and bought RTE food at hypermarkets.…”

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confidence: 76%

“…Improving food safety and hygiene was integral to the successful attainment of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) [1]. Due to the food safety crisis, food safety is a critical factor in brand image management [2] and increasing retail satisfaction to gain a good reputation with consumers [3]. Consumers have paid more attention to food safety and changed their food consumption behaviors during the COVID-19 pandemic [4,5].…”

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The Effect of Food Safety-Related Attributes on Customer Satisfaction of Ready-to-Eat Foods at Hypermarkets

Wei

2021

Sustainability

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Food safety issues have become increasingly important in the retail sector. This study focused on the perception of the safety of ready-to-eat (RTE) foods at hypermarkets. The objectives of the current study were to evaluate the perception of food safety-related attributes of RTE food and identify the key influencing factors to satisfaction at hypermarkets. A survey was conducted through a structured questionnaire that was administered at a hypermarket in Taipei, Taiwan. The hypermarket had a Hazard Analysis and Critical Control Points certification for RTE foods, while the target population was employees who had purchased RTE foods there. In total, 130 of the obtained questionnaires were valid. The statistical analysis encompassed descriptive statistics (means, percentages, and frequencies), exploratory factor analysis, and regression analysis. Four dimensions, i.e., facility, food, ambience/layout, and work staff, were identified to evaluate the food safety-related attributes of RTE foods at the hypermarket. A significant relationship between the food safety-related attributes and the overall customer satisfaction exists for ready-to-eat foods at hypermarkets. The facility, food, and work staff are all significantly impacting customer satisfaction. The results of this study promote a better understanding of consumer behavior toward food safety, thereby encouraging and supporting hypermarkets to design their layout and marketing strategies vis à vis RTE food.

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The Effect of Food Safety-Related Attributes on Customer Satisfaction of Ready-to-Eat Foods at Hypermarkets

Wei

2021

Sustainability

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“…But nowadays they are being revitalized considerably, offering new services and also turning into pick-up points [ 10 , 11 , 12 ]. However, customers also want to support small (e.g., regional) businesses, unique products (e.g., organic products [ 13 ] or organic food) [ 14 ] and experience quality customer service [ 15 ], and they like to buy new brands [ 16 ] and visit new shopping sites [ 17 ]. Typical examples are markets where one can support local vendors or farmers, buy seasonal fruits or vegetables as well as fresh or dried herbs, spices, flowers, honey, and other locally produced products.…”

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

Zámková

Rojík

Prokop

et al. 2022

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A major advantage of online organic produce shopping is the fact that it saves energy and reduces emissions otherwise generated by customers during their time spent on the road and while shopping. Organic products in general positively impact sustainability, the environment, and the regions of their origin along with the social changes in these regions and further rural development. Moreover, these products positively impact the perceived health benefits and quality of food labeled as organic. The Czech Republic has currently seen a rise in organic food purchasing and supply trends. This study maps the factors possibly influencing consumers’ decision to go shopping for organic food online. Observed factors include the following demographic characteristics of consumers (respondents): gender, age, education, household income, number of children in the household and number of household members. A total of 757 respondents from the Czech Republic from September 2020 to December 2020 took part in the research. Logistic regression, used for data processing, identified the statistically significant effects of education, income and number of household members on online purchases. These conclusions were confirmed by a detailed contingency tables analysis, including the almost monotonous trend of the dependencies, with only minor deviations in a maximum of one category. The strongest influence of some categories on the emergence of partial dependencies was found by residue analysis. The research confirmed that the frequency of online grocery shopping increases significantly with increasing education and income of respondents and decreases with increasing the number of household members. Most respondents apparently shop for groceries online because of time savings, better product choice and more convenient and easier search.

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“…Thus, consumers choices started to be oriented not only to common and cheap products but also took into account aspects of the locality ( 36 ) and the “quality and safety” of food ( 38 ), which is a process referred to as a quality turn in the context of Western countries ( 39 ). Relatively new data on the growing interest in food quality is provided by Severová et al ( 40 ), who state that the number of such quality-aware consumers increased from 35 to 40% within 5 years. Together with new trends of food behavior, the evolution of AFNs on the market has been underway.…”

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An insight into market and non-market alternative food networks in Czechia during Covid-19 and beyond

Smutná,

Vávra,

Duží

2024

Front. Nutr.

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IntroductionThe Covid-19 pandemic affected food systems in many countries and emphasized a lot of already existing social, economic and environmental agri-food problems. Alternative food networks (AFNs), praised for their ability to improve the food systems, were under stress, however, at the same time, the changed conditions may have opened new possibilities. In this paper we address the importance of AFNs during the pandemic and investigate how households have changed their participation in AFNs. Our research is novel by simultaneously focusing on both market and non-market AFNs which are often studied separately.MethodsA representative questionnaire study of Czech households was carried out in Autumn 2021 to provide a case study of food and consumption behavior of the European country after several waves of Covid-19.Results and discussionBased on the responses of 515 participants, the results show that 68% of Czech households participate in some form of AFNs, be it shopping or food self-provisioning, i.e., non-market food procurement in the form of gardening. Focusing on the market AFNs, farmers’ markets and farm gate sales are the most popular. Covid-19 and 2021 emerging economic pressures led to a decrease of consumption of organic food (22% of respondents) as well as fresh fruit and vegetables in general (10% of respondents) and a noticeable occurrence of food insecurity (18% of households). Based on these findings, the paper discusses the ability of AFNs to support food and nutritional resilience. Problems which may endanger market-oriented AFNs are discussed as well.ConclusionBy addressing both market and non-market AFNs, the paper brings new knowledge into the food environment and agri-food policies research.

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Food Safety and Quality in Connection with the Change of Consumer Choice in Czechia (a Case Study)

Cited by 8 publications

References 30 publications

The Effect of Food Safety-Related Attributes on Customer Satisfaction of Ready-to-Eat Foods at Hypermarkets

The Effect of Food Safety-Related Attributes on Customer Satisfaction of Ready-to-Eat Foods at Hypermarkets

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

An insight into market and non-market alternative food networks in Czechia during Covid-19 and beyond

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