Both researchers and managers have suggested that price promotion-induced stockpiling can increase a household's usage frequency of a product. Empirical evidence of any stockpiling effect, however, is mixed. In reconciling the inconsistent findings of these empirical studies, this paper shows...

When people stockpile products, how do they decide when and how much they will consume? To answer this question, the authors develop a framework that shows how the salience and convenience of products influence postpurchase consumption incidence and quantity. Multiple research methods -...

People can eat a food without having a strong preference for it, and people can prefer a food without eating it. Given this seeming disconnect between attitude and behavior, which type of measure or segment can best be used to profile or identifi, loyal consumer segments of a food, such as soy?...

Can a dietician change the taste of a food by changing its name? While research on labeling has focused on nutritional labels, health labels, and warning labels, little has examined how descriptive menu labels influence perceptions toward foods. Descriptive labels might add a positive halo to a...

A number of self-beneficial motives can trigger pro-environmental and prosocial behavior of individuals. We focus on the role of the warm glow of giving-the personal benefit people experience when doing good irrespective of the consequences-in the valuation of ethically certified food products....