Understanding regional food environments: A qualitative exploration of food purchasing behaviour

Dangerfield, Fiona; Ball, Kylie; Dickson‐Swift, Virginia; Thornton, Lukar

doi:10.1016/j.healthplace.2021.102652

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“…Sensory elements, such as aroma, mouthfeel, and sound, contribute to the overall dining experience (Liu et al, 2022;Spence, 2022). Finally, the origin of the food, whether local, regional, or international, can influence purchasing decisions (Dangerfield et al, 2021;Bukhari et al, 2022;Dudziak et al, 2023).…”

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Investigating the Strategies Employed by Fast-Food Restaurant to Establish Sustainable Customer Relationships

Teoh,

Lee,

Volha

et al. 2024

IJTHAP

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McDonald’s Corporation, established in 1940, is an American multinational fastfood chain. Over the years, McDonald’s has successfully expanded their business operation worldwide. The customer plays a vital role in the success of a business. The strategies and abilities to retain a customer will determine the survival of a business. Hence, this study aims to investigate the strategies employed by McDonald's to foster long-term customer relationships by examining various factors, including food quality, service quality, atmosphere, price, brand, and customer relationships. To explore, primary and secondary data collection was conducted through several sources, and a digital questionnaire was produced to collect data and information from 150 respondents. The results found that only atmosphere and brand had a significant positive impact on customer relationships. The study found that atmosphere has the strongest influence, followed by brand. This suggests that while food quality, service quality, and price are important, creating a pleasant atmosphere and fostering a strong brand are even more critical for McDonald's to build lasting customer relationships.

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Investigating the Strategies Employed by Fast-Food Restaurant to Establish Sustainable Customer Relationships

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Lee,

Volha

et al. 2024

IJTHAP

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“…In addition, the RFE is often limited to the surrounding residential areas, neglecting the influence of non-residential places of activity and travel behaviours (8) . Consumers, however, do not necessarily shop at food outlets that are closest to their home (9)(10)(11)(12) ; frequently visited locations (e.g. workplace) are other areas of exposure to consider (13) .…”

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Store-specific grocery shopping patterns and their association with objective and perceived retail food environments

Recchia,

Perignon,

Rollet

et al. 2023

Public Health Nutr.

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Objective: To explore store-specific grocery shopping patterns and assess associations with the objective and perceived retail food environment (RFE). Design: This cross-sectional study used principal component analysis and hierarchical cluster analysis to identify grocery shopping patterns, and logistic regression models to assess their associations with the RFE, while adjusting for household characteristics. Setting: The Montpellier Metropolitan Area, in France. Participants: To be eligible for inclusion participants had to be 18 years of age or older and reside in the Montpellier Metropolitan Area. Analyses were carried out on 415 households. Results: Households of cluster “Supermarket” (49% of households) primarily shopped at supermarkets, and were less likely to live near a convenience store. Households of cluster “Diversified” (18%) shopped mostly at organic stores, markets, specialized stores, and from producers, and were more likely to have a market in their activity space. Households of cluster “Discount” (12%) primarily shopped at discounters, and were less likely to perceive a producer in their activity space. Households of cluster “Convenience” (12%) mostly shopped online or in convenience stores. Finally, households of cluster “Specialized” (9%) had high expenditures in greengrocers and in other specialized food stores, and were more likely to live near a specialized food store. Conclusions: This study highlighted the importance of considering both perceived and objective RFE indicators, as well as assessments around the home and in activity space. Understanding how people buy food and interact with their RFE is crucial for policymakers seeking to improve urban food policies.

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Planning healthy food environments: An analysis of local government municipal public health and wellbeing policy in regional Victoria

Dangerfield,

Ball,

Dickson‐Swift

et al. 2024

Health Prom J of Aust

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Issue AddressedWhile there has been an increased focus on how local governments can support the creation of healthy food environments through healthy public policy, little is known about how this is reflected in public health policy in regional areas. The aim of this study was to understand how improvements to the food environment are prioritised, implemented and evaluated by local governments in regional Victoria.MethodsUsing a qualitative descriptive approach, content analysis was undertaken of Municipal Public Health and Wellbeing Plans and Council Plans from 10 regional local governments in Victoria, Australia.ResultsSeventeen policy documents were analysed including 10 Council Plans, 6 Municipal Public Health and Wellbeing Plans and 1 Food Systems Strategy. Findings highlight regional public health and wellbeing plans have very few concrete actions in place to improve food environments.ConclusionThere is an opportunity for Australian regional local governments to include in their public health and wellbeing plans a greater emphasis on supporting healthy food behaviours, and therefore seeking opportunities to improve food environments through clearly aligned priorities, objectives, actions and measures of success.So What?Improving the quality of public health and wellbeing plans can support local government to use policy to drive improvements in food environments leading to improved health and wellbeing for regional communities.

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Understanding regional food environments: A qualitative exploration of food purchasing behaviour

Cited by 5 publications

References 76 publications

Investigating the Strategies Employed by Fast-Food Restaurant to Establish Sustainable Customer Relationships

Investigating the Strategies Employed by Fast-Food Restaurant to Establish Sustainable Customer Relationships

Store-specific grocery shopping patterns and their association with objective and perceived retail food environments

Planning healthy food environments: An analysis of local government municipal public health and wellbeing policy in regional Victoria

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