The purpose of this paper is to investigate whether organic foods are used to signal and build status. Bourdieuâ … that organic food has a status value. However, the status value depends on whether consumers or producers exhibit …, market, or supermarket) where organic foods are purchased. …

The paper assesses how the value added created by the existence of an organic label in a vertical chain is shared among … and of vertical relationships, we show that organic label leads to a higher bargaining power in favor of manufacturer …. Total margins are heterogeneous among products. They are lower for organic brands (37%) compared to conventional ones (52 …