Distribution systems for food can change quickly in emergent markets, requiring new competences for consumers, and even …, raising the question whether consumers have acquired corresponding competences. We take two Balkan countries, Albania and … Kosovo, as a case in point and measure consumers’ competence in dealing with package and price information in supermarkets …

There is a long tradition of research into consumers’ food choice and quality perception. In the last few years … in relation to food production and quality, food scandals and the resulting food scares among consumers, genetic … modification of foods, and animal welfare (or, rather, non-welfare), which has made questions regarding food quality and consumers …