Regional Ethnocentrism on the Food Market as a Pattern of Sustainable Consumption

Bryła, Paweł

doi:10.3390/su11226408

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“…The external validity of our findings would surely be enhanced by considering a more representative sample of consumers coming from various regions. Furthermore, the preference for local food products—and, thus, mountain pasture products—could be related to the regional ethnocentrism of consumers [ 89 ], due to the close connection between local traditional practices and regional origin. We tried to measure this connection by classifying the subjects by area of origin, in terms of altitude and degree of urbanization, assuming a closer link for those who lived in a rural or mountain area.…”

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Does the ‘Mountain Pasture Product’ Claim Affect Local Cheese Acceptability?

Endrizzi

Cliceri

Menghi

et al. 2021

Foods

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This paper aims to explore the impact of “mountain pasture product” information on the acceptability of local protected designation of origin (PDO) cheese produced from the raw milk of cows grazing in mountain pastures (P) or reared in valley floor stalls (S). A total of 156 consumers (55% males, mean age 41 years) were asked to evaluate their overall liking on a 9-point hedonic scale of four samples: Cheeses P and S were presented twice with different information about the origin of the milk (cows grazing on mountain pasture or reared in a valley floor stall). Demographics, consumer habits, and opinions on mountain pasture practice (MPP), attitudes towards sustainability, and food-related behaviours (i.e., diet, food waste production, organic food, and zero food miles products purchase) were recorded and used to segment consumers. The cheeses were all considered more than acceptable, even though they were found to be significantly different in colour and texture by instrumental analyses. In the whole consumer panel, the cheese P was preferred, while in consumer segments less attentive to product characteristics, this effect was not significant. External information had a strong effect: Overall liking was significantly higher in cheeses presented as “mountain pasture product”, both in the whole panel and in consumer segments with different attitudes (except for those with a low opinion of MPP).

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Does the ‘Mountain Pasture Product’ Claim Affect Local Cheese Acceptability?

Endrizzi

Cliceri

Menghi

et al. 2021

Foods

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“…Interestingly, during the transition from unwillingness to act to performing the desired behavior, people might be motivated by different benefits associated with the new behavior. Knowing which motives encourage consumers to adopt ecological food consumption patterns could be useful for future campaigns promoting these behaviors [ 30 ]. In the case of Polish urban consumers price incentives and opinions of health specialists would potentially support “greener” consumption behaviors among the currently least engaged parents.…”

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“…Raising and discussing topics linked to food, health and the environmental protection is one of them. Pro-environmental behaviors include eating local food, so the preference for food products originating from one’s own region (called regional ethnocentrism) may be considered a pattern of sustainable consumption, as its predictors are strongly related to the major pillars of sustainable development [ 30 ]. According to [ 31 ] consumer ethnocentrism is a general tendency acquired during childhood through the process of socialization.…”

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Parental Food Choices and Engagement in Raising Children’s Awareness of Sustainable Behaviors in Urban Poland

Halicka

Kaczorowska

Rejman

et al. 2021

IJERPH

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Promoting sustainable food consumption patterns and understanding factors driving environmentally-friendly food choices is one of the challenges of public health nutrition policies in the 2020s and crucial for the future wellbeing of humans, food systems and the planet as a whole. To assess the impact of sustainability issues on the behaviors of parents living with young school-aged children in Poland a CAWI survey of 1035 adults in urban areas was conducted. A clustering procedure revealed that two of the identified clusters (73% of the sample) rated sustainability factors as important when purchasing food for children but only one of these clusters (29% of the sample) was actively engaged in raising their child’s awareness about sustainable behaviors. The third cluster (27% of the sample) had no intentions to teach their children about food sustainability because of lack of time or distrust in these topics. More than 80% of the sample agreed that parents share a responsibility in teaching children about the links between food, health and environment. Principles of healthy and sustainable diets should be incorporated into public health programmes to empower family members to engage in raising their children’s awareness and adopt more healthy and environmentally-friendly food consumption practices.

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“…Bryla [68] and Siemieniako et al [69] found the relative importance of elements such as brand image (based on Polish culture and referring to its symbols), local brands as contributors to local identities and the form of their expression, as well as a moral obligation to buy local brands. On the other hand, Bryla [68] and Yagci [70] contributed to the theory of consumer ethnocentrism by providing more insights on its regional dimension in the context of the market of regional food products, where signs of quality are more important for regional ethnocentric consumers; interestingly, this applied not only to regional food, but also conventional food.…”

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Factors Influencing Consumer Behavior in Sustainable Fruit and Vegetable Consumption in Maramures County, Romania

Boca

2021

Sustainability

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The article explores consumer behavior in the context of sustainable consumption and the changes related to healthy food that have occurred during the pandemic. The study seeks to identify the factors that influenced consumer behavior on the consumption of fruits and vegetables. For this purpose, a questionnaire was applied to a sample of 1230 people from Maramures County, Romania. This study evaluates consumer behavior and attitudes on sustainable healthy food consumption; determining factors of consumer behavior are established by the needs, knowledge, selection of quality products, and the degree of culture and education in health diet issues. The study also presents a specific classification for fruits and vegetables in terms of consumer preferences and the clustering of local consumers by their interest in healthy food habits according to consumer culture, consumer loyalty, consumer needs, and consumer knowledge. In this study, it was revealed that consumer behavior consumption is not influenced by age, gender, or education. As a result of the correlation analysis, a positive relation was identified between the consumer preference, consumer attitude, and consumer behavior variables. The results of this study offer practical solutions and directions for future research on redesigning sustainable development of local, traditional foods. The new trend focuses on brand offerings and consumer needs for quality food and shows the consumer’s ethnocentrism and orientation for practical solutions.

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Regional Ethnocentrism on the Food Market as a Pattern of Sustainable Consumption

Cited by 56 publications

References 53 publications

Does the ‘Mountain Pasture Product’ Claim Affect Local Cheese Acceptability?

Does the ‘Mountain Pasture Product’ Claim Affect Local Cheese Acceptability?

Parental Food Choices and Engagement in Raising Children’s Awareness of Sustainable Behaviors in Urban Poland

Factors Influencing Consumer Behavior in Sustainable Fruit and Vegetable Consumption in Maramures County, Romania

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