My style, my food, my waste! Consumer food waste-related lifestyle segments

Aschemann‐Witzel, Jessica; Hooge, Ilona E. de; Almli, Valérie Lengard

doi:10.1016/j.jretconser.2020.102353

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“…A systemic view of consumption may imply a lifestyle change; in the food sector, this means a new food-related lifestyle and responsible multi-stakeholder engagement. Recent studies have related the food-related lifestyle to edible insects [76] and food waste [77]. We suggest that future research expands this view to circular food behaviors by developing a circular food-related lifestyle concept.…”

Section: Discussionmentioning

confidence: 86%

Circular Food Behaviors: A Literature Review

2021

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Consumer behavior is crucial in the transition towards circular food systems. Studies so far investigate isolated circular food behaviors, but it is still unclear how the literature comprehensively addresses these behaviors. This paper provides an overview of the literature on circular food behaviors. Following a semi-systematic literature review, we analyze 46 papers related to circular food behaviors. We summarize their main features, categorize the behaviors, and propose a future research agenda. Results show the novelty and quick popularity of the topic, a dispersion across sustainability and agri-food journals, the manuscripts’ goals related to consumption, a predominance of empirical data collection in Europe, a focus on behaviors related to protein alternatives, food waste, and upcycled foods, and the importance of communication and consumers’ education. We categorize and characterize three types of circular food behaviors: linear, transitioning, and circular behaviors. Circular behaviors (i) are part of a systemic circular economy view, (ii) define consumers as “doers” or “prosumers”, (iii) pursue long-term sustainability goals, (iv) show a high engagement of skilled consumers, and (v) are supported by technologies. Future research should consider the social dimension of sustainability and pursue a systemic view of circular food behaviors. We suggest that a circular food-related lifestyle may incorporate the recommended directions.

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Section: Discussionmentioning

confidence: 86%

Circular Food Behaviors: A Literature Review

2021

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“…It is noticed that despite the importance of culture in shaping food choices and consumption, there is a large amount of literature in the area of suboptimal food products and food waste behavior in developed countries. For instance, Aschemann-Witzel et al (2021) investigate the relation between consumers' food waste-related lifestyle segments and choices for suboptimal food, and self-reported food waste in five Northern and Western European countries. Additionally, Xu et al (2021) examine motivators and demotivators for suboptimal food consumption through Amazon Mechanical Turk (MTurk) US panel members.…”

Section: Consumer Behavior Across Cross-cultural Perspectives In Suboptimal Producementioning

confidence: 99%

“…About 30% (FAO, 2011) to 50% (European Parliamentary Research Service EPRS, 2014) of the annually produced food worldwide is wasted. A vital contributor to food waste levels is consumers' inclination for aesthetic appealing standards (Aschemann-Witzel et al, 2021). Stangherlin et al (2019) argue that food products that do not meet specific cosmetic standards are called "suboptimal food products".…”

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Investigating consumers' behavioral intentions toward suboptimal produce: an extended theory of planned behavior – a cross-cultural study

Adel

Dai

Roshdy

2021

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PurposeThis study extends the theory of planned behavior (TPB) through the inclusion of motivating variables for suboptimal produce preference (i.e. environmental concern, food waste awareness, and familiarity), and demotivating variables (i.e. health consciousness and risk perception) to investigate behavioral intentions toward suboptimal produce.Design/methodology/approachA quantitative research methodology using the online survey technique is employed to collect cross-cultural data from respondents from China (n = 430) and Egypt (n = 441). Structural equation modeling (SEM) via SmartPLS v.3.2.9 is used to analyze data.FindingsThe proposed extended TPB model could enhance predicting consumers' behavioral intentions toward suboptimal produce except for “environmental concern” since it has been found that environmental concern has a nonsignificant effect on consumers' attitudes and behavioral intentions toward suboptimal produce in both countries. The results also reveal that the proposed extended TPB constructs could predict 79.9% of intentions to purchase suboptimal produce and 65.3% of the variance in intentions to recommend such produce for others.Originality/valueThis study is one of the few attempts that investigates the suboptimal food consumption based on a theoretical lens by extending the TPB model. Previous studies on suboptimal food do not pay attention to the demotivating variables such as health consciousness and risk perception, and thus, this thesis represents the first effort that sheds light on such variables. Moreover, prior investigation on such issues in Egypt and China as a cross-cultural research has not existed.

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“…This method uses the Euclidean squared distance to measure the distance between objects (Strauss and Von Maltitz, 2017) and allows to generate clusters by minimizing the sum of the square errors, thus increasing the within-group homogeneity (Shan et al, 2017). The appropriate number of clusters has been identified on the basis of the agglomeration schedule and the dendrogram (Garone et al, 2019;Aschemann-Witzel et al, 2020). Using the agglomeration coefficients, and comparing them with the dendrogram, it was possible to identify the maximum increase in heterogeneity when an additional cluster was created or removed (Yim and Ramdeen, 2015;Islam, 2020).…”

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confidence: 99%

Oh my darling clementine: heterogeneous preferences for sustainable citrus fruits

Vita

Vecchio

Borrello

et al. 2021

Renew. Agric. Food Syst.

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The current study assesses consumer preferences toward different production methods of clementines (Citrus clementina). Based on a survey of Italian urban individuals (N = 345), responsible for household food purchases, it investigates whether clementines produced by means of integrated farming system are perceived as a desirable alternative to organic and conventional fruits. A conjoint analysis was applied to estimate the mean relative importance of three different clementine attributes (namely, price, production method and presence of a geographical indication) and consumer utility attached to the different attribute levels. Results revealed price as the most important attribute; while only organic farming provided positive utility to consumers. Subsequently, the sample was clustered into four distinct market segments based on part-worth estimates, offering useful insights for practitioners and policy makers to design tailor-made interventions aimed at fostering sustainable clementines consumption.

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My style, my food, my waste! Consumer food waste-related lifestyle segments

Cited by 78 publications

References 85 publications

Circular Food Behaviors: A Literature Review

Circular Food Behaviors: A Literature Review

Investigating consumers' behavioral intentions toward suboptimal produce: an extended theory of planned behavior – a cross-cultural study

Oh my darling clementine: heterogeneous preferences for sustainable citrus fruits

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