Testing local bias in food consumption: The case of fluid milk

Khanal, Binod; López, Rigoberto A.; Azzam, Azzeddine

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“…Buying local food products has become particularly popular in recent years due to perceived freshness and superior quality of these products, environmental concerns, and consumers' desire to support the local economy (Chambers et al, 2007; Conner et al, 2010; Darby et al, 2008; Durham & Roheim, 2009; Khanal et al, 2020; Martinez et al, 2010; Schneider & Francis, 2005; Winter, 2003). Despite the intended impact of the “Buy Local” trend on local producers, the literature on the “Buy Local” trend has, to our knowledge, focused mainly on the demand side of the market.…”

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An economic analysis of the “Buy Local” trend

Ray,

Giannakas

2024

J of Agr & App Econ Assoc

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This study develops a novel framework of heterogeneous consumers and producers to analyze the market and welfare impacts of the “Buy Local” trend. Analytical results show that the trend's impacts depend on the size and type of the locality; that is, whether the locality is an exporter or an importer of the relevant products. For instance, while the trend benefits both consumers and producers of large localities, it leaves producers of small exporting localities unaffected. The presence of the trend in large localities affects also outside consumers and producers with the welfare impact depending on the type of locality.

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An economic analysis of the “Buy Local” trend

Ray,

Giannakas

2024

J of Agr & App Econ Assoc

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“…Milk consumers are not a homogeneous group-they have quite different expectations and are also attracted to different product characteristics (Tempesta & Vecchiato, 2013). Regional origin can be one of the consumer preferences for milk (Harwood & Drake, 2018;Khanal et al, 2020;Zander & Hamm, 2010). Selling through food retailers could be a promising way to market regional milk because consumers mostly buy their regional products from food retailers or directly from the producer (Spielmann & Bernelin, 2015;Zepeda & Leviten-Reid, 2004).…”

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Who buys regional fresh milk brands? An analysis of German household data

Knuck

Heß

2022

Agribusiness

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Farmstead dairies produce, process, and market their milk locally under their own brands. Farmstead dairy brands (FDB) are thus competing against private labels and manufacturer brands, whose milk often comes from different areas and which are sold nationwide. Even though FDB cannot benefit from industrial economies of scale, they represent a small but successful and growing segment where demand has been rising for years, even though the demand for milk in general has been rather stagnant. Based on data from a German household panel it is evident that marketing of FDB milk through retail stores meets the trend for regional products and some consumers are increasingly willing to pay for local and regionally produced food. The results of a zero‐inflated negative binomial model revealed that middle‐aged, high income, and organic buying behaviors significantly influenced the purchase frequency of FDB milk in food retail. [EconLit Citations: Q130, D120, C23].

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Is competition among soft drinks, juices, and other major beverage categories responsible for reducing Americans' milk consumption?

2021

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US per capita milk consumption has been falling since the 1940s and falling at an accelerated rate in recent years. One possible reason is competition between it and other types of beverages. In this study, we determine whether changes in beverage prices are in a direction and of a sufficient magnitude for consumption trends to be explained by price competition between milk and other beverages. They are not. We also estimate a vector autoregressive model using data on households' average weekly purchases of milk and four other, major beverage categories for a very general test of whether any increase in sales of those other beverages would come at milk's expense. Results again suggest that competition between milk and the identified other major beverages is not responsible for milk's accelerated decline, and there is a need for the research community to investigate other possible explanations. [EconLit Citations: D12, Q11, Q18].

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Testing local bias in food consumption: The case of fluid milk

Cited by 5 publications

References 12 publications

An economic analysis of the “Buy Local” trend

An economic analysis of the “Buy Local” trend

Who buys regional fresh milk brands? An analysis of German household data

Is competition among soft drinks, juices, and other major beverage categories responsible for reducing Americans' milk consumption?

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